Sketch Map from Government Plats. (1900)
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Title
Sketch Map from Government Plats . (1900)
Creator
McCullough , Ernest
Date.Original
1900-08
Description
1 map : 32 x 58 cm . Scale : 2 in. = 1 mile . Red lines indicate irrigation ditches and flumes . In 1896 the Lewiston Water and Power Company began work on a series of ditches and flumes which would carry water from Asotin Creek into the area that would later become known as Clarkston . This allowed for the irrigation of the lower valley area , and the sales of land there for farms , orchards , and settlement .
Subject
Irrigation--Washington (State)--Asotin County--Maps
Type
Image
Genre
Maps
Location Depicted
United States--Washington (State)--Asotin county
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923.
Identifier
wsu569 ; cg311b391-392
Holding Institution
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections , Washington State University Libraries
Digitization
Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.5 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries.
Format
image/jpg2000
Contributors
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections
Language
English
Source
Is found in Cage 311 , Lewiston-Clarkston Improvement Company Records https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg311.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
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