Research Catalog

Title

Map of the country between Washington & Pittsburg refering to the contemplated Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and its general route and profile, October 1826 / reduced from the general map annexed to the report upon the comtemplated canal & drawn, by Lieut. Farley, U.S.A. ; etched by Wm. Harrison, Georgetown, D.C. ; letter'd by D.R. Harrison.

Author

Farley, John, 1802 or 1803-1874.

Publication

[Washington, D.C.?. : s.n., 1826]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Harrison, W.
• Harrison, D. R.

Description

1 map : hand col.; 44 x 64 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Subjects

• Canals > Maryland > Maps
• Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.) > Maps
• Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.) > Altitudes > Charts, diagrams etc
• Canals > Pennsylvania > Maps

Note

• Relief shown by hachures.
• Route of canal highlighted in red.
• Includes elevation profile in 3 segments, and "Tranverse section of the canal."

Indexed In (note)

• The mapping of Maryland 1590-1914

Call Number

Map Div. 00-369

OCLC

32689905

Author

Farley, John, 1802 or 1803-1874.

Title

Map of the country between Washington & Pittsburg refering to the contemplated Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and its general route and profile, October 1826 / reduced from the general map annexed to the report upon the comtemplated canal & drawn, by Lieut. Farley, U.S.A. ; etched by Wm. Harrison, Georgetown, D.C. ; letter'd by D.R. Harrison.

Imprint

[Washington, D.C.?. : s.n., 1826]

Cartographic Data

Scale [1:506,880]. "Horizontal scale 8 miles to 1 inch. V. scale 300 feet to one inch."

Indexed In:

The mapping of Maryland 1590-1914, 23

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Harrison, W.

Harrison, D. R.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 00-369 [Filed with U.S. 1826]