West Lump.
Subject
Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, mud lumps
Date
1898 c.
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
1997.001.017.01.10
Condition
Good. Some paper loss in margins.
Curatorial Notes
Maps, booklet, 1997.001.017.01.01-11, stored seperately in same drawer. Second image of mud lumps located 1997.001.017.01.09.
Market Value
1997: purchased from Michael Ginsberg, $125.00 for booklet and 11 maps.
Notes
Photograph of mud lumps 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.
Media Type
photogravure
Size
7 x 11 1/4
Storage
c06d07