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Map Chesapeake & Ohio Canal report Chesapeake and Ohio Canal report

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Title

  • Chesapeake & Ohio Canal report

Other Title

  • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal report

Names

  • United States. National Park Service, cartographer.
  • National Capital Parks Service, cartographer.
  • United States. Bureau of Public Roads, cartographer.
  • United States. Government Printing Office, publisher.

Created / Published

  • Washington [D.C.] : United States Government Printing Office, 1950.
  • [Washington, D.C.] : NCP [National Capital Parks], [1950]

Contents

  • Plate 1 [1:575,000-scale map of entire proposed parkway route] -- Plate 2, Survey of the proposed C. & O. Canal parkway, sheet 1 of 3, Great Falls to Harpers Ferry -- Plate 3, Survey ... parkway, sheet 2 of 3, Harpers Ferry to Hancock -- Plate 4, Survey ... parkway, sheet 3 of 3, Hancock to Cumberland -- Plate 5, Survey ... parkway, Relation of existing features of the canal with development recommended for the parkway [graph/diagram] -- Plate 6, Flood conditions, N.C.P., sheet 1 of 3 [text and graphs] -- Plate 7, Flood conditions, N.C.P., sheet 2 of 3 [graphs] -- Plate 8, Flood conditions, N.C.P., sheet 3 of 3 [graphs].

Headings

  • -  Parkways--Maryland--Planning--Maps
  • -  Highway planning--Maryland--Maps
  • -  Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Maryland
  • -  United States--Maryland--Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Genre

  • Road maps
  • Pictorial maps

Notes

  • -  The maps show the proposed route for an automobile parkway following the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal between the Washington (D.C.) boundary and Cumberland (Md.).
  • -  Title from title page of accompanying text.
  • -  In upper margin on all sheets: National Park Service.
  • -  Statement of attribution at foot of title on the three 1:75,000-scale map sheets: Branch of Development, National Capital Parks, U.S. Department of the Interior.
  • -  Additional statement of attribution in lower left margin on the 1:75,000-scale sheets: National Park Service, Branch of Development, History Division, National Capital Parks, Bureau of Public Roads.
  • -  Each of the 1:75,000-scale maps includes several circular insets, a sheet assembly diagram, and pictorial illustrations in the map area.
  • -  Accompanied by text booklet (81st Congress, 2d Session--House Document No. 687): Chesapeake & Ohio Canal report--Letter from Assistant Secretary of the Interior (x, 87 pages : illustrations, tables, diagrams; 24 cm).
  • -  In lower margin on all sheets: 71542 O - 50.

Medium

  • 4 maps and 4 diagrams on 8 sheets ; 41 x 89 cm or smaller, sheets 45 x 92 cm or smaller, folded to 23 x 14 cm, jointly in pocket envelope 24 x 15 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3841.P2 s75 .U5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017593336

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

United States National Park Service, Cartographer, Cartographer National Capital Parks Service, Cartographer United States Bureau Of Public Roads, and Publisher United States Government Printing Office. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal report. [Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, . Washington, D.C.: NCP National Capital Parks, 1950] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017593336/.

APA citation style:

United States National Park Service, C., National Capital Parks Service, C., United States Bureau Of Public Roads, C. & United States Government Printing Office, P. (1950) Chesapeake & Ohio Canal report. [Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, . Washington, D.C.: NCP National Capital Parks] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017593336/.

MLA citation style:

United States National Park Service, Cartographer, et al. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal report. [Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, . Washington, D.C.: NCP National Capital Parks, 1950] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017593336/>.