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Map showing different routes for the Hennepin Canal
- Title
- Map showing different routes for the Hennepin Canal / surveyed under the direction of Major W.H.H. Benyaurd, Corps of Engrs. ; H.B. Herr, Assistant Engineer, 1882 ; G.A.M. Liljencrantz, Ass't. Engr. 1885.
- Author
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, creator.
- Publication
- [Washington, D.C.] : [Government Printing Office], [1886]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 15-5804 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Description
- 1 map; 49 x 68 cm, on sheet 54 x 72 cm
- Alternative Title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US062.1.01
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Note
- Shows routes of the Hennepin Canal in northern Illinois from the Mississippi to the Illinois River. Shows the Rock Island Line, the Watertown Line, the Marais D'Osier Line, and a feeder branch flowing into the Hennepin Canal.
- Includes 5 profiles of the Hennepin Canal routes with a horizontal scale of 1:190,080 and a vertical scale of 1:600.
- Originally folded to 22 x 12 cm.
- Published in: Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Chief of Engineers of additional surveys, by Maj. Thomas H. Handbury, of routes for Hennepin Canal. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. House Ex. Doc. 117, 49th Congress, 1st session. Serial Set 2398.
- "U.S. Engr. Office, Chicago, Ills. Feby. 10, 1886. Sent to the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army with report of this date, Tho. H. Handbury, Major Corps of Engrs. U.S.A."
- Indexed In (note)
- Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5804
- OCLC
- 19650740
- Author
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, creator.
- Title
- Map showing different routes for the Hennepin Canal / surveyed under the direction of Major W.H.H. Benyaurd, Corps of Engrs. ; H.B. Herr, Assistant Engineer, 1882 ; G.A.M. Liljencrantz, Ass't. Engr. 1885.
- Imprint
- [Washington, D.C.] : [Government Printing Office], [1886]
- Cartographic Data
- Scale approximately 1:188,000 (W 90°46ʹ--W 89°09ʹ/N 41°55ʹ--N 41°08ʹ).
- Type of Content
- cartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Indexed In:
- Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps, entry 2398 (49-1) H.doc. 117, map 1New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 5, page 200, column 2, no. 2
- Source
- US062.1.01
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Added Author
- Benyaurd, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1841-1900.Herr, H. Burdett (Henry Burdett), 1849-Liljencrantz, G.A.M. (Gustave Adolph Mathias), 1842-1927.Handbury, Thomas H.United States. Government Printing Office, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5804 [filed under Hennepin Canal, Ill., 1885]