New York Harbor, N.Y., Upper Bay, with a view to improving channel opposite anchorage ground : prepared under authority of the River & Harbor Act of 1913 / War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army ; Engineer Office, 2nd New York District.

Map of Upper New York Bay showing a "proposed channel improvement, 2000 feet wide and 40 feet deep, inclosed in heavy lines." Various piers and onshore facilities are identified. Coverage area approximately bounded by the St. George area of Staten Island, the Bay Ridge and Red Hook areas of Brooklyn...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 63rd Congress, 2nd session, no. 518.
Corporate Authors: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers (Cartographer)
United States. Congress House
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : [Government Printing Office], [1914]
Edition:[United States congressional serial set edition].
Series:House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 63rd Congress, 2nd session, no. 518.
Subjects:
Channels (Hydraulic engineering) > Upper Bay (N.Y. and N.J.) > Planning > Maps.
Approach channels (Hydraulic engineering) > New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.) > Planning > Maps.
Upper Bay (N.Y. and N.J.) > Channelization > Planning > Maps.
New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.) > Channelization > Planning > Maps.
Upper Bay (N.Y. and N.J.) > Maps.
New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.) > Maps.
Thematic maps.
Bathymetric maps.
Maps.
Genre:
Maps.
Thematic maps.
Bathymetric maps.
Physical Description:1 map ; 49 x 73 cm.
Cartographic Data:Scale 1:9,600
(W 74°05ʹ25ʺ--W 73°59ʹ36ʺ/N 40°41ʹ30ʺ--N 40°37ʹ21ʺ).
Format: Map
Description
Summary:
Map of Upper New York Bay showing a "proposed channel improvement, 2000 feet wide and 40 feet deep, inclosed in heavy lines." Various piers and onshore facilities are identified. Coverage area approximately bounded by the St. George area of Staten Island, the Bay Ridge and Red Hook areas of Brooklyn, Governors Island, and Liberty Island.
Note:Depths shown by soundings and isolines.
Oriented with north to the upper right.
Map detached from a United States House of Representatives document in the United States congressional serial set (Serial Set 6619 H.doc.518): New York Harbor, N. Y., Upper Bay, opposite anchorage grounds : letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports on examination of New York Harbor, N. Y., Upper Bay, and plan and estimate of cost of improvement, with a view to improving channel opposite anchorage grounds. [Washington, D.C.] : [Government Printing Office], [1914].
"January 12, 1914. Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustration."—Page [1] of associated House document.
At head of title: 1913.
"October 13th, 1913. Approved: [signed] S.W. Roessler, Colonel, Corps of Engineers."
Includes notes.
Call Number:G3802.U53P55 1913 U5 Map