Maps of the different routes of the proposed Michigan and Wabash Canal
| Description: |
These are a series of maps of the different routes of the proposed Michigan and Wabash Canal. These include: Sheet 1 -- Michigan and Wabash Canal connection of the Big and Little St. Joseph River, summit section; Sheet 2 -- Michigan and Wabash Canal, northern route : line down the Little St. Joseph; Sheet 3 -- Michigan and Wabash Canal : Big and Little St. Joseph route, line down Pigeon River from B.M.O. its termination in 1829 to a point on the Big St. Joseph, sixty miles from the summit; Sheet 4 -- Michigan and Wabash Canal : Big and Little St. Joseph route, line down the Big St. Joseph to its connection with the feeder for the supply of the Kankakee summit. These are 1938 photocopies from the War Dept. Office of Chief of Engineers, War Division in Washington, D.C. |
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| Origin: | 1830 |
| Created By: |
Stansbury, Howard, 1806-1863 |
| Contributor(s): |
Stansbury, Mason H.; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; Coyle, Randolph; |
| Publisher: |
United States War Department, Office of the Chief of Engineers (Washington, D.C.) |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15078coll8/id/5929 |
| Collection: |
Indiana State Library Map Collection |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
No Copyright - United States |
| Geography: |
South Bend, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Canals Indiana Planning Maps Michigan, Lake Saint Joseph River (Mich. and Ind.) Pigeon River (Mich.) Michigan Indiana St. Joseph County (Ind.) |
Further information on this record can be found at its source.
This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Indiana State Library.