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This map and profile in ink and water color of the proposed route for the Erie Canal was made by James Geddes in 1817.
On a scale of 10 chains = 1 inch, the map shows: proposed line of the canal (in green); roads; houses; mills; settlements; streams, ponds, and lakes; steep terrain; swamps and marshes; town and lot lines; and other features adjacent to the canal route.
The area mapped extends from the "Tonewanta Creek" east to the outlet of Mud Creek in the "Great Cayuga Marsh" (Montezuma). At that point a note indicates that the survey was continued by Benjamin Wright (survey not in this series). The map and profile occupy 19 double-page sheets, and at the end is a map of the entire route.
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