Buffalo Harbor, and head of Niagara River, N.Y. : showing proposed north breakwater, for the protection of the Buffalo entrance to Erie Basin and Black Rock Harbor / designed and drawn under the direction of Major Thomas W. Symons, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.

Map of the harbor at Buffalo, New York, on Lake Erie at its outlet to the Niagara River, showing existing breakwaters and those proposed and under construction. Shows part of the Buffalo waterfront including the mouth of the Buffalo River and the western end of the Erie Canal. Shows part of the city...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 55th Congress, 1st session, no. 72.
Corporate Authors: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers (Cartographer)
United States. Congress House
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Other Authors: Symons, T. W. (Thomas William), 1849-1920 (Lead)
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : [Government Printing Office], [1897]
Edition:[United States congressional serial set edition].
Series:House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 55th Congress, 1st session, no. 72.
Subjects:
Harbors > New York (State) > Buffalo > Maps.
Breakwaters > New York (State) > Buffalo > Planning > Maps.
Waterfronts > New York (State) > Buffalo > Maps.
Buffalo (N.Y.) > Maps.
Thematic maps.
Bathymetric maps.
Maps.
Genre:
Maps.
Thematic maps.
Bathymetric maps.
Physical Description:1 map : color ; 47 x 56 cm.
Cartographic Data:Scale approximately 1:13,270
(W 78°57ʹ03ʺ--W 78°51ʹ49ʺ/N 42°54ʹ04ʺ--N 42°51ʹ33ʺ).
Format: Map
Description
Summary:
Map of the harbor at Buffalo, New York, on Lake Erie at its outlet to the Niagara River, showing existing breakwaters and those proposed and under construction. Shows part of the Buffalo waterfront including the mouth of the Buffalo River and the western end of the Erie Canal. Shows part of the city street grid and building footprints of selected major buildings.
Note:Depths shown by soundings and isolines.
Map detached from a United States House of Representatives document in the United States congressional serial set (Serial Set 3571 H.doc.72): Survey of Buffalo entrance to Erie Basin and Black Rock Harbor, New York : letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of survey of Buffalo entrance to Erie Basin and Black Rock Harbor, New York. [Washington, D.C.] : [Government Printing Office], [1897].
"June 21, 1897.—Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed."—Page [1] of associated House document.
"U.S. Engineer Office, Buffalo, New York, May 1897."
Call Number:G3804.B9P55 1897 U5 Map