Proposed improvement of James Creek Canal
Relief shown by contours and hachures. Depths shown by soundings and contours. Base map title: Washington and Georgetown harbors, District of Columbia: 1882 / issued July 1882 J.E. Hilgard, superintendent. Title and James Creek Canal information shown in red overprint. Author's name handwritten in ink. Includes notes, tide table, and USC&GS insigne. "Eng50 2." DCP
- Date
- 1887
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Hains, Peter C. (Peter Conover); Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus); U.S. Coast And Geodetic Survey
- Place
- the United States
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 8,744 × 5,787 pixels
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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
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Credit line
"Proposed improvement of James Creek Canal" (1887). Hains, Peter C. (Peter Conover); Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus); U.S. Coast And Geodetic Survey. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Proposed_improvement_of_James_Creek_Canal_LOC_88690502.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 136868.
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