Poussin, Guillaume Tell
1834

Antique plan of the Tennessee River with Muscle Shoals Canal

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Canal du Muscle-Shoal. Plan general du trace du Canal lateral a la Riviere du Tennessee sur la partie de son cours comprise entre Brown's Ferry et Florence Ferry.

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Antique plan of the Tennessee River and proposed canal in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals ca. 1834. By William Tell Poussin (1796 - 1876), French architect, author, engineer, and diplomat.

Before the completion of the Wilson Dam in 1924, the Tennessee river was divided by a series of shoals near the Muscle Shoals area where the Tennessee fell over 100′ in approximately 30 miles. Between 1830 and 1890, adjacent to the river and around the shoals, a series of canals and locks were built and improved upon to provide for commercial navigation. This map captures some of the early planning for that work.

Towns shown include Marathon, Tuscombia, Bainbridge, Havana, and Waterloo. Also depicts locations for Brown's Ferry, Lamb's Ferry, Furquhart's Ferry, and Florence Ferry. Other important topographical features include the Elk River, Melton's Bluff and the existing roads to Nashville, Columbus, and Huntsville. With a longitudinal cross section of the proposed canal

Published in: "Travaux d'ameliorations interieures projetes ou executes par le Gouvernement General des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, de 1824 a 1831"; par Guillaume-Tell Poussin … Atlas. Paris, Anselin, Libraire, pour l'art militaire, les sciences et les arts, rue Dauphine, No. 36, dans le passage Dauphine. Carilian-Goeury, Libraire, des ponts et chaussees et des mines, Quai des Augustins, No. 41. 1834. Imprimerie de Lachevardiere, rue du Colombier, No. 30.

CREATOR: Poussin, Guillaume Tell

PUBLICATION DATE: 1834

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Tennessee River

CONDITION: Very Good.  A handsome example. Copperplate engraving on wove paper with wide margins all around. One vertical fold, as issued.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: Adam

SIZE: 25 " x 18 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

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