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Map of the breach at the head of Presqu'ile Bay : exhibiting a project for forming a navigable channel through it and for preventing its further extension

Title
Map of the breach at the head of Presqu'ile Bay : exhibiting a project for forming a navigable channel through it and for preventing its further extension / surveyed by Lieut. T.S. Brown, U.S. Engs. ; assisted by Thos. Forster Esquire ; drawn by Geo. Webb Morell, Lieut. U.S. Engs.
Author
Brown, T. S. (Thompson Skinner), 1807-1855
Publication
[Erie, Pa.?] : [publisher not identified], [1835]

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Additional Authors
  • Forster, Thomas, active 19th century
  • Morell, Geo. Webb
Description
1 map; 59 x 69 cm, on sheet 65 x 78 cm
Summary
Shows projected breakwater, proposed channel, and former line of shore "according to the map of Col. Anderson."
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US207.2.06
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Maps.
  • Bathymetric maps.
Note
  • Depths shown by soundings and bathymetric contours.
  • Oriented with north to the lower left.
  • "Erie, Pa. Oct. 1st 1835."
  • Inset: Sketch of Presqu'ile Harbour. Scale approximately 1:67,500.
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 17-5192
OCLC
28121274
Author
Brown, T. S. (Thompson Skinner), 1807-1855, creator, surveyor.
Title
Map of the breach at the head of Presqu'ile Bay : exhibiting a project for forming a navigable channel through it and for preventing its further extension / surveyed by Lieut. T.S. Brown, U.S. Engs. ; assisted by Thos. Forster Esquire ; drawn by Geo. Webb Morell, Lieut. U.S. Engs.
Publisher
[Erie, Pa.?] : [publisher not identified], [1835]
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:3,600. 300 ft. to 1 inch (W 80°10ʹ46ʺ--W 80°03ʹ16ʺ/N 42°10ʹ33ʺ--N 42°06ʹ24ʺ).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 8, page 195, column c, no. 4
Local Note
NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: small piece of upper right corner of main map and upper middle of inset lacking.
Source
US207.2.06
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Local Subject
Presqu'Ile Bay (Pennsylvania) Maps.
Place of Publication
United States Pennsylvania Erie.
Added Author
Forster, Thomas, active 19th century, surveyor.
Morell, Geo. Webb, draftsman.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 17-5192
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