Record Details
Vicinity Map Duwamish River and its tributaries, drawn by A. Downing, (1898)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Vicinity Map Duwamish River and its tributaries, drawn by A. Downing, (1898) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu184 WSU 184; F897.K4 U55 1898 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,350 |
| Creator | United States. War Dept. |
| Date | 1898 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Washington, D.C. : Andrew B. Graham Photo-Litho, 1898. |
| Description | 1 map; 40 x 45 cm. Scale 1/4 inch = 1 mile. "Indicating sheets 1 to 6 embraced by survey". Map shows rail road lines. This map comes from a governmental survey of the Duwamish River, intended to determine what uses the River could be put to, and what actions needed taken to make full use of the River. The conclusion made in the document is that improvement would not be cost effective at the time. The Duwamish was, at this time, no longer used for transportation, and the conclusion of the... |
| Subject | Duwamish River (Wash.; Rivers--Washington (State) |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State)-- |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.4 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Is part of Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of Duwamish River and its tributaries, Washington. |
