Natural Bridge Virginia Covington Selma USGS Topo Map 1911
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Natural Bridge Virginia Covington Selma USGS Topo Map 1911

$110

This USGS Reconnaissance Topo Map is an 1894 edition printed in 1911, a thick-stock antique sheet in excellent condition – never folded, smooth and flat, with lightly age-toned paper and hole punches along the left collar. On the 30-minute scale it takes in a stretch of western Virginia around Covington and Clifton Forge, with the quad area including Buchanan, Goshen, and the namesake community of Natural Bridge, plus portions of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests as the boundary edges toward West Virginia. Surveyed between 1886 and 1888 under geographer Henry Gannett, the sheet predates the modern highway system and records the historic travel routes, river crossings, rail lines, and placenames of that era. It comes from an uncommonly well-preserved collection, and the reverse carries printed reference material about the mapping program of the day.

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MAP DETAILS
TITLENatural Bridge
STATEVirginia, West Virginia
LOCATIONVicinity of Covington, 35 miles north of Roanoke
SERIES30-minute
SURVEYED1886 through 1888 Field Survey
GEOGRAPHERHenry Gannett
EDITION1894
PRINTED1911
SCALE1:125000
CONTOUR INTERVAL100 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS16 1/2 x 20 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS13 7/8 x 17 1/2 inches
COVERAGE AREA27 x 35 miles
SOURCEFrom an uncommonly well-preserved collection
SHEET CONDITION
For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITIONExcellent
SHEET NOTESvery lightly handled, never folded, smooth and flat, lightly age-toned paper
MAP AREAflawless map area
COLLARSno wear or tears, no markings, no blemishes, hole punches along left collar
MAP COVERAGE
Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.
BACKSIDE LEGEND
A map summary is printed on the back side of the Natural Bridge sheet similar to the one shown in the picture. It outlines the history, purpose, and status of the USGS mapping program at the time of the printing in 1911. It also provides instructions on how to read contour lines and a description of how they are used to depict the terrain. At the bottom of the page is a legend showing all of the symbols used to represent the cultural, relief, and water features found on the map.

This antique sheet is an 1894 edition of the Natural Bridge Virginia USGS topographic map. It is an authentic 115-year-old 1911 United States Geological Survey print in excellent condition.

HOW THIS MAP CAN BE USED
In addition to making a fascinating conversation piece, this sheet would look great in a frame or on display, make a unique and prized gift for anyone interested in this area, be perfect as a reference for genealogy studies or general historical research, or fill that missing piece in your collection.

FEATURES SHOWN ON THE MAP
The Natural Bridge 30-minute map shows cities and towns, roads, railroads, rivers, creeks, elevation contour lines, public land survey lines, county, state, and other administrative boundaries as they existed at the time of the survey in 1886 through 1888.

A VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD
Maps from the USGS 30-minute series have been out of print for many years. They have never been common and original prints are increasingly difficult to find. For areas where the 30-minute map was produced, it is usually the first large-scale survey done by the USGS for that area. These are a valuable historical record, as they contain many placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent series’ and editions.

PLACENAMES
The following places are found within the boundary of this quadrangle. They may or may not be shown or labeled, depending on the map series and vintage.
* Cities and Towns-> Buchanan, Clifton Forge, Covington, Eagle Rock, Falling Spring, Fincastle, Glen Wilton, Goshen, Healing SpringsIron Gate, and others
* Counties Covered-> Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Clifton Forge, Covington, Craig, Greenbrier, and Rockbridge
* Federal Land Units-> Blue Ridge Parkway, George Washington National Forest, Jefferson National Forest, Lake Moomaw, Monongahela National Forest, Rich Hole Wilderness, Rough Mountain Wilderness, and Thunder Ridge Wilderness
* Rivers and Streams-> Allen Creek, Alum Creek, Back Creek, Back Run, Bearwallow Creek, Big Creek, Big Hollow Branch, Big Lick Creek, Biggs RunBlack Lick, and others
* Water Bodies-> Cave Mountain Lake, Clifton Forge Reservoir, Cold Sulpher Springs Lake, Douthat Lake, Lake Moomaw, Lexington Reservoir, Pike Pond, and Robertson Lake

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