Description: Geologic Atlas of the United States Carlyle - Centralia, Illinois Folio No. 216 by Eugene Wesley Shaw, United States Geological Survey; George Otis Smith, Director. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1923 First edition. Folio, library edition. 10 pp. plus 4 color lithograph maps (2 topographic and 2 areal geology). In original tan heavy paper wraps with original black cloth binding strip. Size: 18.5 x 21.75 inches. Map scale: 1 to 62,500. Scarce double folio covering 2 standard map quadrangles of this southwestern Illinois region located east of St. Louis, Missouri, and east of Belleville-Breeze Folio No. 195, focusing on coal and oil and gas resources. Of special interest, the topographic maps show the countryside prior to the construction of Carlyle Lake and Dam on the Kaskaskia River, and Raccoon Lake (new Centralia Reservoir) on Crooked Creek. Old folio topographic and geologic maps form an important historical record of the physical and cultural features of the country as they existed and were named (and, in the case of geology, interpreted) over 100 years ago. These maps with accompanying explanatory text are among the earliest of the area surveyed by the USGS and often show a simpler, less well developed and sometimes surprising landscape than is familiar today. These old folios are long out of print and can make wonderful research or conversation pieces. Given the relative rarity of separately published early USGS topographic and geologic maps in the marketplace, the folio series generally offers the best source of maps available to the public for those fortunate enough to have a connection with the surveyed areas. Condition: Wrappers soiled along two broad banks on front with the folio number “216” written in pencil at the lower left corner. Interior is clean and mark-free. Very good condition overall. Content: The Carlyle - Centralia Quadrangles cover portions of Clinton, Marion, Bond, Fayette, and Washington counties in Illinois. The topo sheets show the surface physical (hills, rivers, lakes, etc.) and cultural features (buildings, ranches, farms, roads, railroads, towns, localities, ferries, etc.) within about a 466 square mile area. Street grids are shown for the denser, more developed cities and towns with some individual homes and buildings shown in less populated areas. Some of the named places shown in the map include: Towns: In addition to Carlyle and Centralia, other towns include Sandoval, Odin, Junction City, Shattue, Huey, Beckemeyer, Bartelso, Keyeport, Fairman, and Patoka, plus a number of smaller localities. Railroads include the Illinois Central; Southern; Vincennes and Southwestern; Baltimore and Ohio; and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. The geologic maps are attractively colored with numerous colors, patterns, shadings, tints, and/or hues used to illustrate the local geologic formations, plus locations of oil pools and coal mines. In 1894, the USGS implemented a plan to prepare a geologic map of the US in the form of over 3,000 quadrangle atlas sheets issued individually in folio size. The essential parts of each folio were a description of the region surveyed, a topographic map, and an areal geologic map. Additional geologic map sheets and illustrations would be included as determined by the important economic and/or scenic characteristics found in the area. Of the over 3,000 folios planned, only 227 were ever issued before the series was discontinued in 1945. The majority of folios, such as the one offered for sale here, were issued in a library edition containing never-folded, single-sided maps printed on heavy paper with a highly calendared (glossy) surface. This surface was specifically chosen to give the best effects to the patterns and colors. These characteristics make the library edition the preferred choice for collectors and print sellers. Never-folded (and later folded) field editions were also issued but as a portfolio without calendared map surfaces. Shipping: For reasons of size and fragility, your atlas will be shipped flat sandwiched between multiple sheets of new cardboard pads for best protection.
Price: 37.5 USD
Location: Denver, Colorado
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Date Range: 1920-1929
Type: Topographical Map
Printing Technique: Lithography
Format: Atlas
US State: Illinois
Year: 1923
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
Country/Region: United States of America
