Gunnison–Beckwith survey

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The Gunnison–Beckwith survey was a mid-19th-century U.S. Army exploration and mapping expedition that assessed potential railroad routes across the central Rocky Mountains.

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instanceOf 19th-century scientific expedition ⓘ
United States Army exploration expedition ⓘ
geographical exploration ⓘ
railroad survey ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States western territories ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedIn Pacific Railroad Reports ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Railroad
documentedIn official U.S. government survey reports ⓘ
endTime 1850s ⓘ
field cartography ⓘ
railroad engineering ⓘ
topographic surveying ⓘ
focus central route for a transcontinental railroad ⓘ
genre government survey ⓘ
hasPart Beckwith expedition ⓘ
Gunnison expedition ⓘ
inception early 1850s ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location central Rocky Mountains ⓘ
namedAfter Edward Griffin Beckwith ⓘ
John Williams Gunnison ⓘ
linked to: John W. Gunnison
operator United States Army ⓘ
partOf Pacific Railroad Surveys ⓘ
United States transcontinental railroad route studies ⓘ
purpose assessment of potential railroad routes ⓘ
exploration of central Rocky Mountains ⓘ
mapping of possible transcontinental railroad lines ⓘ
result maps of central Rocky Mountain passes ⓘ
reports on feasibility of railroad construction ⓘ
role leader of early phase of Gunnison–Beckwith survey ⓘ
leader of later phase of Gunnison–Beckwith survey ⓘ
sponsor United States War Department ⓘ
startTime 1853 ⓘ
studies railroad passes across the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
subjectHasRole Edward Griffin Beckwith ⓘ
John Williams Gunnison ⓘ
linked to: John W. Gunnison
timePeriod mid-19th century ⓘ
uses astronomical observations ⓘ
topographic instruments ⓘ

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John W. Gunnison → knownFor → Gunnison–Beckwith survey ⓘ