Title: Entrance to Chicago harbor showing the state of the bar April 4th, 1854 before the dredging of the direct ship channel was commenced.
- Not specified
- 1856
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by University of Michigan)
- Gamble, William
- Graham, J. D. (James Duncan), 1799-1865
- United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers
Dates
- Issued: 1856
- Coverage: 1856
- Coverage: 1856 to 1856
Summary
The soundings are in feet & tenths. Those expressed in small figures were made by Mr. Wm. Gamble, U.S. Agent on April 4th 1854. The 12 ft. curve is laid down from the soundings of Lt. Col. J.D. Graham made in April 1854 which are expressed in large figures. "Accompanying Lt. Col. J.D. Graham's report (no. 73) to the Chief Topographical Engineer, dated Chicago, April 29th 1855. Also referred to in the annual report (no. 116) from same to same, dated Chicago, December 31st 1855." "Map G. No. 11." 1 map; 54 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 (-87.628033,-87.599206,41.898214,41.880263)
Provider
University of Michigan
Rights
- Access rights: Public
- This map is in the public domain.
Citation
Gamble, William, Graham, J. D. (James Duncan), 1799-1865, United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers. Entrance to Chicago harbor showing the state of the bar April 4th, 1854 before the dredging of the direct ship channel was commenced.. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-001291869/39015091899230
Format
JPEG
Languages
- eng