Profile of Channel Line[,] Southwest Pass, Mississippi River

Subject

Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, transportation

Date

1898 Mar and Apr

Mapmaker

[U. S. Corps of Engineers]; J. A. Ockerson; Norris Peters Co., lithographers

Publisher

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

Place of Publication

Washington, D. C.

Accession Number

1997.001.017.01.03

Condition

Fair. Torn along fold line.

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

Delineates Mississippi River 20 miles above the Gulf of Mexico, from Pilot Town to the Head of pPasses to one mile above the delta. Plate 3 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

12 1/2 x 45

Storage

c06d07