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Shows roads, railroads, houses, vegetation, a street plan of Charleston, drainage, and shoals.

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Document identity
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ww72bn95w
label
Charleston Harbor and its approaches showing the positions of the Rebel batteries
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
ww72bn95w
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Charleston Harbor and its approaches showing the positions of the Rebel batteries
description
Shows roads, railroads, houses, vegetation, a street plan of Charleston, drainage, and shoals.
date
["1863"]
year
1863
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006852
creators
United States Coast Survey
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Charleston Harbor (S.C.)--History--19th century--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Charleston (county)
Charleston Harbor
North and Central America
South Carolina
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
South Carolina
county
Charleston
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Washington, D.C
publisher
[United States Coast Survey]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
32.75
schema:longitude
-79.8833
extent
1 map : col. ; 59 x 47 cm.
notes
Shows roads, railroads, houses, vegetation, a street plan of Charleston, drainage, and shoals.
Depths shown by soundings.
Overprinted to show 1/2-mile concentric circles centered on St. Michaels, Charleston extending as far as 7 miles.
Includes index for batters, trenches, and fleet positions.
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no
dcId
ww72bn95w
type
map
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