Results of Discharge Measurements in the Passes of the Mississippi River

Subject

Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, transportation, Carrollton Guage, Head of Passes, Pass à Loutre, South Pass

Date

1898 May - Aug

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

1997.001.017.01.05

Condition

Fair. Browning and worn along fold lines.

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 5 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

16 x 24

Storage

c06d07