"Profiles of the Erie, Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio Canals and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad," circa 1832
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The first half of the 19th century was the heyday of canal construction in the United States. This circa 1832 copperplate engraving shows the elevation profiles of the Erie Canal, the Ohio Canal, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, along with the profile of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, measured in feet above sea level of the Atlantic Ocean.
The first half of the 19th century was the heyday of canal construction in the United States. This circa 1832 copperplate engraving shows the elevation profiles of the Erie Canal, the Ohio Canal, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, along with the profile of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, measured in feet above sea level of the Atlantic Ocean.
Artifact
Print (Visual work)
Subject Date
circa 1832
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Creator Notes
Engraved by the firm J. & W. W. Warr, SC
Keywords
United States, New York, Erie Canal
United States, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
82.129.163
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Copper engraving (Printing process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.063 in
Width: 12.563 in
Inscriptions
Text below engraving: Profiles, drawn to scale, of the Erie, Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio Canals, and of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Copperplate. Date, about 1832.
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