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Ideal for historians, railroad buffs, treasure hunters and relic hunters! Shows portions of the Mississippi River, the city of New Orleans and the towns of St. Bernard, Saxonholm, Canal, Polydras, Toca, Contreras, Reggeo, Little Rock, English Turn, St. Clair, Stella and Dalcour! Other points of interest include the Lake Borgne, Lake Borgne Canal, Lake Lery, Plaquemines, Bayou Terre Aux Boeuf, Bayou Mercier, Battery Bienvenue, Bayou Maxent, Bayou Bienvenue and etc.! Of particular interest are the 1890 railroad layouts (the Louisiana Southern Railroad and the Louisiana Southern Railroad - Shell Beach Branch)! Listed as the LOUISIANA - ST. BERNARD SHEET. This is an authentic 1890 survey (printed in 1892 and 1921) U.S.G.S. Topographical Map reproduced in black and white and distributed by the Midcontinent Map Company until my father bought out their inventory back in the mid '80s. These maps are not available anywhere else! If you are a serious treasure hunter these maps can be invaluable! Shows railroads, roads and the topography of the land at the time of the survey. Shows towns that no longer exist and the then current layout of all creeks and waterways. A great tool for locating ghost towns and Civil War campsites! Actual size of map is 16 1/2" x 20 1/8" with the viewable portion being 15 1/4" x 17 1/2". The scale is 1/62500 which is approximately 1 mile equals 1 inch. This map is a more modern copy, is crystal clear, and is in mint condition!
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| To enhance your map viewing enjoyment, we also have available a U.S.G.S. NOVEMBER 1937 TOPO MAP KEY. Written by the director of the U.S.G.S. in November of 1937, this includes the mission and history of U.S.G.S. topographical maps which were started in 1882 and by 1937 had been completed for 47% of the nation. Explains how to read topographical maps. Includes the standard symbols for:
CULTURE (MAN-MADE) -
Including cities or villages, roads and buildings, ruins, cliff dwellings, good public roads, poor public or private roads, trails, railroads, electric railroads, tunnels, power transmission lines, wharves, breakwaters and jetties, bridges, drawbridges, ferries, fords, dams, dams with locks, canal locks, U. S. township and section lines and recovered corners, state lines, county lines, civil townships or district lines, reservation lines, land grant lines, city, village or borough lines, small parks or cemetary lines, triangulation points or traverse stations, U. S. mineral monuments, boundary monuments, bench marks, and supplementary bench marks, cemetaries, churches, schools, coke ovens, tanks and oil reservoirs, oil and gas wells, mines or quarries, prospects, shafts, mine tunnels (showing direction), lighthouses or beacons and Coast Guard stations.
RELIEF -
Including elevation above sea level, contours (contours showing depth of water printed in blue on color maps only), depression contours, levees, washes, cliffs, mine dumps, tailings or mining debris, sand and sand dunes; and
WATER -
Including streams, falls and rapids, intermittent streams and ditches, canals or ditches, aqueducts or waterpipes, aqueduct tunnels, lakes or ponds, unsurveyed streams and abandoned canals, intermittent lakes, glaciers, spring wells, marshes, and submerged marshes; and
Reprinted from the back of an old U.S.G.S. Topographical Map. If you use U.S.G.S. topo maps, you really need this map key! Measures 18" X 22". This is a more modern copy, is crystal clear, and is in mint condition!
You can find the Topo Map Key in my Ebay Store in the Specialty Maps category. |
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