(IL. - Chicago) Chicago Harbor & Bar ~Catalog 61~ general terrain and major drainages

general terrain and major drainages

A tremendous map for what was one of the most remote parts of the world at the time

Notes the "Smelting Works" near the shore

this map of Saint Louis would be attractive framed

5 x 31 (inches)

(IL. - Chicago) Chicago Harbor & Bar ~Catalog 61~ general terrain and major drainagesChicago Harbor & Bar It's almost jarring to consider how quickly the city would spring from the marshy banks Lake Michigan, along the river and turn into a metropolis. This large map captures the layout of a city as the landscape was being changed, reversing the flow of the river, adding to the shoreline, and more. Spans from "Pearsons Street" just above Chicago Avenue, from the shoreline and "Sand Street", and west to "Desplaines Street" and south to