File:1843 Blackwell Map of Niagara Falls, New York - Geographicus - NiagaraFalls-haines-1843.jpg

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Trigonometrical Survey of the Falls of Niagara. Executed for the Geological Report of the Fourth District.
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Title
Trigonometrical Survey of the Falls of Niagara. Executed for the Geological Report of the Fourth District.
Description
English: This rare map is a trigonometrical survey of Niagara Falls. Shows both the American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls in Canada. Also depicts several islands and on the river and buildings around the falls, including the Barracks and the Museum where the remains of the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses I were rediscovered in 2000. Drafted by W. S. Haines from an 1841 survey of the region prepared by E. R. Blackwell, Civil Engineer. Engraved by Endicott.
Date 1843 (undated)
Dimensions height: 9.5 in (24.1 cm); width: 16 in (40.6 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,9.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,16U218593
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Geographicus link: NiagaraFalls-haines-1843
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Hall, J., Geology Of New-York. Part IV. Comprising The Survey Of The Fourth Geological District, Albany, Carroll and Cook, 1843.

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