Apr 16, 2013 - Sale 2310

Sale 2310 - Lot 212

Price Realized: $ 330
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(NEW YORK--NIAGARA.) Porter, Augustus. To Capitalists and Manufacturers. Engraved map and printed circular letter, 2 pages (10 x 8 inches) on one folded sheet; minimal wear. Niagara Falls, NY, January 1847
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Porter offers the rights to build a raceway and canal bypassing Niagara Falls. The attached map by Peter Emslie is dated December 1846, and shows the canal route through downtown Niagara Falls. The canal was built and remained in operation through the 1880s.