Map to accompany report of board on Survey of South West Pass, Mississippi River, La. giving the Comparison of Surveys of 1867 and 1898 and of The locatoion of proposed Jetties.

Subject

Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, transportation, jetties

Date

1867 + 1898

Mapmaker

U. S. Corps of Engineers; Norris Peters Co., lithographers

Publisher

U. S. Congress, House of Representatives, 55th Congress, 3rd Session

Place of Publication

Washington, D. C.

Accession Number

1997.001.017.01.08

Condition

Good.

Curatorial Notes

Maps, booklet, visuals, 1997.001.017.01.01-11, stored seperately in same drawer.

Market Value

1997: purchased from Michael Ginsberg, $125.00 for booklet and 11 maps.

Notes

Plate 8 from booklet, "Survey of Southwest Pass, Mississippi River," published January 14, 1899. Report of the feasability of securing a navigable channel of adequate width at mean low water of the the Gulf of Mexico.

Size

41 1/4 x 27 1/2

Storage

c06d07