Map Topographical map of the District of Columbia : showing location of the work in progress for harbor improvement and for the tunnel and reservoir for "increasing the water supply of Washington" together with the proposed site for the Rock Creek reservoir and national park.

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Topographical map of the District of Columbia : showing location of the work in progress for harbor improvement and for the tunnel and reservoir for "increasing the water supply of Washington" together with the proposed site for the Rock Creek reservoir and national park.

Created / Published

[Washington? : s.n.], 1883.

Headings

- Reclamation of land--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
- Reservoirs--Washington (D.C.)--Planning--Maps
- Water-supply--Washington (D.C.)--Planning--Maps
- Parks--Washington (D.C.)--Planning--Maps
- United States--District of Columbia--Washington

Notes

- Relief shown by contours. Depths shown by contours and soundings.
- Oriented with north toward the upper left.
- Includes 3 cross-sections and frontal view of proposed dam on Rock Creek.
- LC copy 1 fold-lined, torn, and mounted on cloth backing. Copy 2 missing lower quarter, soiled, annotated in ink in upper margin, and mounted on cloth backing.
- 2 copies
- DCP

Medium

1 map ; 51 x 51 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

G3851.N2 1883 .T6

Repository

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

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Library of Congress Control Number

88693453

Online Format

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https://lccn.loc.gov/88693453

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(1883) Topographical map of the District of Columbia: showing location of the work in progress for harbor improvement and for the tunnel and reservoir for "increasing the water supply of Washington" together with the proposed site for the Rock Creek reservoir and national park. [Washington?: s.n] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/88693453/.

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