Encroachments and obstructions in Chicago River and its branches, and in and along lake-front, Lincoln Park to Indiana state line.
Maps of the Chicago River and its branches and the Lake Michigan lakefront in Chicago. Obstructions to navigation are shown in red. Maps show city street grid along the river, canals, turning basins, businesses along the Lake Michigan shore, and docks.
| Uniform Title: | House document (United States. Congress. House) ;
65th Congress, 2nd session, no. 710. |
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| Language: | English |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
[Government Printing Office],
[1918]
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| Edition: | [United States Congressional Serial Set edition]. |
| Series: | House document (United States. Congress. House) ;
65th Congress, 2nd session, no. 710. |
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| Physical Description: | 40 maps : some color ; on sheets 46 x 59 cm. |
| Cartographic Data: | Scales differ (W 87°41ʹ55ʺ--W 87°31ʹ26ʺ/N 41°56ʹ25ʺ--N 41°41ʹ35ʺ). |
| Format: | Map |
| Summary: |
Maps of the Chicago River and its branches and the Lake Michigan lakefront in Chicago. Obstructions to navigation are shown in red. Maps show city street grid along the river, canals, turning basins, businesses along the Lake Michigan shore, and docks. |
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| Note: | North orientation varies. Maps detached from a United States House of Representatives document (Serial Set 7347 H.doc.710): Encroachments and obstructions in the Chicago River and on the Chicago lake front : letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, with report of the officer in charge of the Miscellaneous Civil Section on encroachments and obstructions in the Chicago River and encroachments on the Chicago lake front. Sheets are numbered 1-35, with an additional index map and sheets numbered 17A, 17B, 19A, and 19B, totalling 40 sheets. Sheets 1-20 cover the Chicago River and portions of its branches. Sheets 21-34 cover the part of the Lake Michigan lakefront. "January 3, 1918.—Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations."—Page [1] of accompanying House document. "To accompany report of the officer in charge of the Miscellaneous Civil Section, Office of the Chief of Engineers, to the Chief of Engineers, dated December 13, 1917." "June 1916." "Made in compliance with River and Harbor Act, approved March 4, 1913." On lakefront sheets: "Traced from original maps made by the Submerged and Shore Lands Legislative Investigating Committee, 46th General Assembly, State of Illinois. Map of Illinois coast of Lake Michigan, vicinity of Chicago. Surveyed and mapped under the direction of E.H. Heilbron, consulting engineer." Cartographic material. |
| Call Number: | G4104.C6P53 1917 U5 Map |