Map no. 2, from the Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains.

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Title Map no. 2, from the Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains.
Subject Pacific railroads--Explorations and surveys--Maps; West (U.S.)--Exploring expeditions--Maps
Spatial Coverage Utah; Nevada; Great Salt Lake (Utah)
Description Scale of original map: 1:760,320. Original publisher: U.S. War Department
Creator Egloffstein, F. W., 1824-1885
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Contributors Beckwith, E. G. (Edward Griffin), 1818-1881; United States. Army. Corps Engineers.
Date 1855
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
Digitization Specifications Scanned with a Leica S1 Pro digital scanning camera, using a Hasselblad 120mm Makro-Planar f/4 lens. Exposure was at f/11 with a blue filter. Lighting provided by Kaiser Softlite ProVision 6x55W fluorescent 5400K daylight lights. Files saved as uncompressed TIFF at 3500x 5117 pixels. Tif files imported into CONTENTdm for conversion to JPEG2000 display images
Resource Identifier G4051_P3_1855_U55_map2.tif
Source G4051.P3 1855 U55; Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, route near the 41st parallel
Language eng
Relation J. Willard Marriott Library, Rare Maps
Coverage Coordinates: W 123 degrees, 30 minutes--W 109 degrees/N 42 degrees--N 39 degrees
Rights Management Digital image copyright 2006, University of Utah. All rights reserved.
Source Physical Dimensions 51 x 44 cm
Contributing Institution J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Scanning Technician Kelly Taylor
ARK ark:/87278/s6sj1wr5
Setname uu_awm
ID 1081836
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sj1wr5
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