"Report and Estimate on the Buzzards and Barnstable Bay Canal, Massachusetts"

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Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

1830-02-08

Location Note

Folder 3.4

GUSN

GUSN-292865

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Description

After having surveyed Cape Cod, the Board of Internal Improvement for the Massachusetts House of Representatives drafted a plan for a canal to connect Buzzards Bay with Cape Cod Bay. The plan details specific goals for the canal's cost, design, measurements, and location.

Details

Descriptive Terms

canals
publications
plans (reports)
design (discipline)
measurements (dimensions)
location
estimates
reports

Physical Descrption

1 government publication; 5.5 x 8.75 inches; 17 pages

Collection Code

MS028

Collection Name

Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

Date of Acquisition

2012

Reference Code

MS028.05.004.003

Places

Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) [canal]
Cape Cod Bay (Massachusetts) [bay]
Buzzards Bay (Massachusetts) [bay]

Record Details

Originator

Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives (Publisher)
Board of Internal Improvement (Author)

Material Type

reports

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Folder 3.4

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