Map of the Southwest Pass, Mississippi River

Subject

Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, transportation, mud lumps, depth soundings, Scot's Tower, Joseph's Bayou, Scott's Canal; Double Bayou, Custom House Bayou, Southwest Pass lighthouse, Pilot Town

Date
1898 Mar 24 - Apr 21
Mapmaker
U. S. Corps of Engineers; J. A. Ockerson, surveyor; Norris Peters Co., lithographers
Publisher

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

Place of Publication

Washington, D. C.

Accession Number
1997.001.017.01.06.1-5
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 6 (in 5 sheets; sheets 2-5 titled, "Channel Line Map") 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.
Sheet 2: miles 1-6; Scot's Tower, Joseph's Bayou, Scott's Canal
Sheet 3: miles 6-11; Double Bayou, Custom House Bayou
Sheet 4: miles 11-16; includes Southwest Pass light and Pilot Town
Sheet 5: miles 16-20; includes location of mud lumps

Size
48 1/2 x 25 1/2 (sheet 1)
Storage
c06d07