
MAP OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON TEXAS JAN. 1904 COMPILED BY C.G. WELLS C.E.: 1904
Title: MAP OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON TEXAS JAN. 1904 COMPILED BY C.G. WELLS C.E. Author: C. G. Wells, CE Date: 1904 Condition: See bottom of description Inches: 45.25 x 32.5 [Paper] Centimeters: 114.93 x 82.55 [Paper] Product ID: 308119 Only Known Example of Post Storm Galveston with Remediation Infrastructure Cyanotype map showing Galveston Island with numerous insets of the seawall constructed after the hurricane of 1900. An absolute trove of historical data rendering the power of the storm into the authorities attempts to prevent anything like it ever happening again. Map legend describes authorities as GALVESTON CITY COMPANY’S MAP BY WILLIAM SANDUSKEY | SPECIAL SURVEY’S | RECORDED PLAT OF THE DENVER RESURVEY | AND MAP BY W.C. WILLITS, 1891. Three incredible insets showing High Water in 1875, 1888 and 1900 at 10th, 25th and 39th street, with overlay of present surface of the ground, and proposed grade above, indicating the enormity of the land claimed by the ragi