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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Predicate Object
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