Beschreibung:

tendering to the United States the Cession of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, upon condition that it shall be enlarged and maintained as a National Water-Way for Commercial Purposes. January 8, 1884.. 8°. Mit 2 gef. Karten. 45 SS. Br. mit Rückenfalz (guter Erhaltungszustand).

Bemerkung:

With map: Sketch showing the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the different Routes of the proposed Hennepin Canal (ca. 48 x 76 cm).- The Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park, also just called the Hennepin Canal, is an abandoned waterway in northwest Illinois, between the Mississippi River at Rock Island and the Illinois River near Hennepin. Opened in 1907, the canal was soon abandoned because of railroad competition. It was resurrected in the late 20th century as a recreational waterway. Its former name was the Illinois and Mississippi Canal.