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Title: The western pilot : containing charts of the Ohio River, and of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico ; accompanied with directions for navigating the same, and a gazetteer ; or description of the towns on their banks, tributary streams, etc., also, a variety of matter interesting to travelers, and all concerned in the navigation of those rivers ; with a table of distances from town to town on all the above rivers
Year: 1847 (1840s)
Authors: Cumings, Samuel Ross, Charles Derek Klinefelter, John
Subjects: Inland navigation
Publisher: Cincinnati : George Conclin
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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s are a state house, acourt house, a penitentiary, a state bank, an academy, jail, markethouse, and three houses of public worship. A chain bridge acrossthe Kentucky, connects the town with the beautiful country on thewest bank. It contains about 400 houses, and 4,000 inhabitajitSjand is twenty-four miles from Lexington. Little Kentucky, left side, three quarters of a mile beloAV. About fourand a half miles below Kentucky river, is a large bar on the left, atthe mouth of Locust creek. Channel very near the right shore, roundthis bar; and when nearly up with Indian Kentucky, right side, keepout to the middle of the river, round its bar, then incline towards theright shore again. Keep near the right shore for three miles and threequarters, when you will be three miles and one quarter above Madison,and three quarters of a mile above a small run on the right; here youmust steer quick out to the middle of the river, to avoid a hard gravelbar on the right, above the run, called Marecis bar.
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MAP NO. 13.—OHIO RIYER. 49 Directions for Map No. 13.—Ohio HirerMADISON, on the right, On the right hand shore about 90 rniles below Cinniniiati, and 50 milesabove Louisville. It contains about 750 houses and 5,000 inhabitantsCoopers bar is five miles below Madison on the left hand shore,channel to the ri?ht; keep one third of the river on your right untilpast the bar which is a mile below, then into the middle of the riverto New London, five miles below Coopers bar. 12 Coopers Ferry, left side NEW LONDON, right side. Keep down the middle of the river about seven miles, then wear in to theleft hand shore and keep a little more than half the river on your rifrhtto avoid a bar on the right just above Bethlehem, which is ten milesbelow New London. BETHLEHEM, riglit side. WEST PORT, left side ;i o Six miles below Bethlehem. From Bethlehem, keep the middle of the !iriver until you come opposite West Port on the left hand shore, then jwear in to the right, within one third of the shore,

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