Survey of the Mississippi River, Chart 176

Lithographer

Julius Bien and Company

Date

• 1897

Publisher

St. Louis, Missouri: Mississippi River Commission

Summary

• Projected from a trigonometrical survey made in 1894
• Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and contours
• Depths shown by soundings
• Army Corps of Engineers assisted with map creation
• Includes a list of "Authorities," "Note," and "Index chart"
• Shows street names, railroads, dikes, United States lights, bridges, river depths, diamond boards, lumber yards, quarry, vegetation types, Woodlawn Cemetery, Lake Winona, Winona, Minnesota, Fountain City, Wisconsin, Bluff Siding, Wisconsin, Sugar Loaf [Bluff], Peterman [Bluff], race tracks, Gorder [Bluff], Haussinger [Bluff], Edder [Bluff], Fountain City Bay, Betsy Slough, Pap Slough, Straight Slough, Crooked Slough, stock yards, Rollingstone Creek
• Includes some property owners names
• Scale 1:20,000