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Source Description
Published the same year as Edmund Blunt's small chart of Boston Harbor, this large-scale harbor chart was based on recent surveys conducted by the U.S. Coast Survey and showed considerably more detail for the inner harbor. The chart delineated the numerous wharves lining the shores of East Boston, Charlestown, the eastern side of Boston Proper, and South Boston. In addition, numerous soundings have been recorded for the harbor waters and four cross sections clearly show the location of the deepest channel.
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Document identity
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3f4632315
label
Plan of the Inner Harbor of Boston
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
3f4632315
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan of the Inner Harbor of Boston
description
Published the same year as Edmund Blunt's small chart of Boston Harbor, this large-scale harbor chart was based on recent surveys conducted by the U.S. Coast Survey and showed considerably more detail for the inner harbor. The chart delineated the numerous wharves lining the shores of East Boston, Charlestown, the eastern side of Boston Proper, and South Boston. In addition, numerous soundings have been recorded for the harbor waters and four cross sections clearly show the location of the deepest channel.
date
["1847"]
year
1847
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
reuseAllowed
creative commons
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_001252
creators
United States Coast Survey
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
Whiting, H. L. (Henry Laurens)
J.H. Bufford's Lith
Davis, Charles Henry, 1807-1877
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Mapping Boston Collection
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Maritime Charts and Atlases
subjects
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston Harbor
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Washington
publisher
[United States Coast Survey]
Source extras
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sf268508b
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jq086303k
schema:latitude
42.3333
schema:longitude
-70.9667
extent
1 map ; 121 x 99 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings, contours and shading.
"Febr. 2nd, 1847."
Appears in: Massachusetts Senate document, no. 25, 1847.
"J.H. Bufford's Lithography, Boston."
Includes tide chart, text, buoys, bottom types, and 4 "cross sections" of Harbor depths. Scale [ca. 1:300].
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no
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3f4632315
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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