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Map & profile of a ship canal : from Richmond to Warwick : being the proposed plan for the connection of the James River and Kanawha improvement with tide water

Title
Map & profile of a ship canal : from Richmond to Warwick : being the proposed plan for the connection of the James River and Kanawha improvement with tide water / by Charles Ellet, Jr.
Author
Ellet, Charles, 1810-1862
Publication
  • [Richmond, Va.] : [Shepherd & Colin], [1836]
  • Philadel[phi]a, Pa. : Watson's Lith., [1836]

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Additional Authors
  • Shepherd & Colin, publisher.
  • Watson's Lith., lithographer.
Found In
Ellet, Charles, 1810-1862. Report on the survey for a ship canal from Richmond to Warwick. Richmond, Va. : Shepherd & Colin, 1836. (OCoLC)8012481
Description
1 map; 27 x 69 cm, on sheet 31 x 75 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US248.1.08
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures.
  • Oriented with north toward the left.
  • Includes crosss section of canals.
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 17-5462
OCLC
1001810881
Author
Ellet, Charles, 1810-1862, creator.
Title
Map & profile of a ship canal : from Richmond to Warwick : being the proposed plan for the connection of the James River and Kanawha improvement with tide water / by Charles Ellet, Jr.
Publisher
[Richmond, Va.] : [Shepherd & Colin], [1836]
Manufacturer
Philadel[phi]a, Pa. : Watson's Lith., [1836]
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:1,200. Vertical scale 1:240 (W 77°29ʹ--W 77°23ʹ/N 37°33ʹ--N 37°27ʹ).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 5, page 415, column 3, no. 1
Local Note
NYPL Map Div. copy originally accompanied by a pamphlet titled: Report on the survey for a ship canal from Richmond to Warwick ... by Charles Ellet, Jr.; map filed flat; the accompanying phamplet is found in [TSB p.v. 86, no. 3].
NYPL Map Div. copy also includes manuscript notations in graphite.
Source
US248.1.08
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Local Subject
James River (Virginia) Maps.
Place of Publication
United States Virginia Richmond.
Added Author
Shepherd & Colin, publisher.
Watson's Lith., lithographer.
Found In:
Ellet, Charles, 1810-1862. Report on the survey for a ship canal from Richmond to Warwick. Richmond, Va. : Shepherd & Colin, 1836. (OCoLC)8012481
Research Call Number
Map Div. 17-5462
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