Sketch A No. 5 showing proposed site for a light house on Sow and Pigs Reef

Sketch A No. 5 showing proposed site for a light house on Sow and Pigs Reef

Item Information

Title:
Sketch A No. 5 showing proposed site for a light house on Sow and Pigs Reef
Title (alt.):
Sow and Pigs Reef
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Name on Item:
U.S. Coast Survey ; topography by H.L. Whiting ; hydrography by the party under the command of Lieut. M. Woodhull ; redd. drng. by E. Freyhold ; engg. by W. Smith & App. H.C. Evens
Date:
1853
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Phillips Academy
Collection (local):
Sidney R. Knafel Map Collection at Phillips Academy, Andover MA
Subjects:
Sow and Pigs Reef (Mass)--Maps
Atlantic Coast (Mass)--Maps
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Buzzards Bay (Bay)
Nautical charts--Massachusetts--Vineyard Sound
Places:
Dukes (county) > Sow and Pigs Reef (area)
Buzzards Bay
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 41 x 37 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/hq37vv46b
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Publisher:
[Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Coast Survey
Scale:
Scale 1:240
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown by contours. Depth shown by soundings and isolines.
"Sketch A No. 5."
Above upper left border: No. 5.
Inset: sub-sketch showing the position of Sows and Pigs Reef off Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts.
Includes coastal views and notes.
Identifier:
1399