Texas State Archives Map Collection



Map Showing Proposed System of Levees for the Protection of Overflowed Lands along the central Brazos River
Date: 1911
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey. Hydraulic survey and location of levees by Arthur A. Stiles. Surveyed in 1910. Engraved and printed in 1911.
Cartographer: -- None Listed --
Scale: varying
Size: 58 cm x 70 cm
Type of Map: other
Format: color, engraved, lithographed, printed
Language: English
AC Number: 06429
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

Map Showing Proposed System of Levees for the Protection of Overflowed Lands along the central Brazos River Image:
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Description:
Covers parts of Washington, Waller, and Grimes Counties, featuring the Brazos River and its tributaries. Shows contour lines, elevations, existing and proposed levees, flood lines, sluice gates or syphons, ditches, buildings, schools, churches, roads, railroads, and the original surveys. Contour interval is 5 feet. Supplements The First Technical Report of the State Levee and Drainage Commissioner on the Reclamation of Overflowed Lands, by Arthur Alvord Stiles, State Levee and Drainage Commissioner, 1912. Long. 96 deg. 04' - 96 deg. 13'45" Scales: 1 inch = 2000 feet 2 5/8 inches = 1 mile 720 varas = 38/100 mile 7/22/86

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