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Source Description
Inset: Sub-sketch of Fort Point Channel from N.Y. & N.E. R.R. bridge to Dover St. bridge.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
br86k518x
label
Boston inner harbor, Massachusetts
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
br86k518x
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Boston inner harbor, Massachusetts
description
Inset: Sub-sketch of Fort Point Channel from N.Y. & N.E. R.R. bridge to Dover St. bridge.
date
["1889"]
year
1889
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_019440
creators
United States. Harbor Line Board of 1888
Haagensen, Sophus
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Maps
Fort Point Channel Area (Boston, Mass.)--Maps
Physical geography--Massachusetts--Boston Harbor--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston, Mass.
publisher
U.S. Engineer Office
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z223t
schema:latitude
42.3333
schema:longitude
-70.9667
extent
1 map : color ; 76 x 125 cm, on sheet 80 x 126 cm
notes
Inset: Sub-sketch of Fort Point Channel from N.Y. & N.E. R.R. bridge to Dover St. bridge.
Upper-right margin: "Boston Harbor Line Board. Sheet A."
Depths shown by gradients, soundings and isolines.
"October and November 1888."
Oriented with north to the upper left.
"Respectfully forwarded to the chief of engineers with report of this date. Henry L. Abbot, Col. of Engineers, Bvt. Brig. General U.S.A."
"War Department, July 27, 1889, approved. Redfield Proctor, Secretary of War."
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no
dcId
br86k518x
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
2524c2ae46a8eae2