<i>SKETCH OF THE / HARBOR OF ST LOUIS / REDUCED FROM / CAPTN LEE’S MAP OF 1837</I>
date: label: date made
content: 1843
notes: label: Description
content: This map runs from Cascarot Island in the north to Bloody Island opposite Saint Louis, to Dunstand Island just below Saint Louis, and to Cahoe Island in the south. Churchill’s Mill is identified, as is Pages Mills and the U.S. Arsenal.
label: Description
content: This map is based on a survey conducted by Robert E. Lee in 1837, and it shows his plans for the construction of a dam from the head of Bloody Island to the Illinois shore, a revetment (a surface for an embankment) to protect the western shore of the island, and a long dike extending south from the bottom of the island.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Report of the Chief Topographical Engineer,” in <i>Public Documents Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States</i> vol. 1 (1843): 121-250, on 132.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Military
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content: Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: National Archives and Records Service
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.317507
label: catalog number
content: 317507
label: accession number
content: 230397
objectType: label: Object Name
content: map
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 11 in; 43.18 cm x 27.94 cm