Summary: | This image is a map of the general highways in Barbour County, Alabama in 1964. It shows roads and roadway features; railroads; streams, canals, and navigation features; bridges; conservation and recreation areas; city and village centers; state, county, and local boundaries; highway numbers; airports; farms, dwellings, churches, and cemeteries; natural features; oil wells, mining, and other industrial features; educational and correctional institutions; post offices, courthouses, power plants, underground telephone lines, and other public service facilities; and miscellaneous features. The map is split into two parts. It contains a legend on the right side, a locator map of Alabama with the county highlighted in the lower right corner, and a graph of approximate mean declination right above the bottom neat line. The map was "prepared by the Alabama State Highway Department Division of Highway Planning in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Public Roads." Map caption: "Control by USC & GS, and Alabama Highway Department. Transverse Mercator Projection. 1927 North American Datum. 30,000 foot grid based on Alabama (East) rectangular coordinate system. Compiled by photogrammetric methods from aerial photographs taken 1953. Field examination 1963." This map is an original print in black and white. It is in good condition and is not encapsulated.
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