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Title: Chicago harbor & bar, Illinois from survey made between March 29th & April 9th 1856 under the direction of Brevet Lieut. Col. J.D. Graham, Major U.S. Top. Engineers. Superintending Engineer of Lake Michigan Works.

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Dates

  • Issued: 1856
  • Coverage: 1856
  • Coverage: 1856 to 1856

Summary

The soundings are in feet & tenths of a foot. Includes sailings directions and description of the buildings at old Fort Dearborn. "Map G. No. 38." 1 map; 58 x 77 cm

Subjects

  • Harbors
  • Clark Library Map Collections
  • sprint-mar2020
  • 2022-creator-sprint
  • FixedBBoxes
  • bboxSprintJune2023
  • Illinois--Chicago
  • Illinois
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-87.63124,-87.598281,41.898687,41.876706)

Provider

University of Michigan

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
  • This map is in the public domain.

Citation

Graham, J. D. (James Duncan), 1799-1865, United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers. Chicago harbor & bar, Illinois from survey made between March 29th & April 9th 1856 under the direction of Brevet Lieut. Col. J.D. Graham, Major U.S. Top. Engineers. Superintending Engineer of Lake Michigan Works.. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-001291840/39015091899537

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng