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New Haven Harbor

Date1846

MediumEngraving; printer's ink on wove paper on fabric

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 17 1/4 x 14in. (43.8 x 35.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 22 3/4 x 18 1/4in. (57.8 x 46.4cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionChart of New Haven Harbor from Oyster River Point to the Farm River, including Savin's Rock, West Haven, Sandy Point, Oyster Point, the Mill River, the Quinnipiac or Dragon River, Fair Haven, Fort Hale, Morris Cove, the New Haven lighthouse on Five Mile Point, and Morgan's Point. Long Wharf and the Steamboat Wharf are shown with the street plan of New Haven. Other roads and some structures are shown and the terrain is indicated. Elevation is indicated by hachure marks. Soundings are expressed in feet to eighteen feet, beyond that in fathoms. Detailed sailing directions are at upper right.

Object number1961.105.1

InscribedOn recto, upper left, printed in black ink, "NEW HAVEN HARBOR / Founded upon a Trigonomectrical Survey / Under the direction of F.R. HASSLER Superintendent of the / SURVEY OF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES / Triangulation by JAMES FERGUSON and EDMUND BLUNT Assistants. / Topography by C.M. Eakin, W.M. Boyce & J. Farley Assistants. / Hydrography by the party under the / command of G.S. BLAKE, Lieu.t U.S. Navy. / Published in 1846./ A. D. Bache Superintendent. / Scale 1/20,000 / Verified by A.A. Humphreys Lieu.t Eng.ts & Assistant"

On recto, upper center, printed in black ink, " Presented to _______ / under the authority of an Act of Congress of the United States of June 3rd 1844 & by direction of the Treasury Department. / A.D. Bache Superintendent, Coast Survey."

On recto, lower left, printed in black ink, "Final reduction for Engraving by Jno B. Gluck, Draughtsman."

On recto, lower left, printed in black ink, "Engraved by Sherman & Smith, N.Y."

On verso, lower left, in pencil, "67841"
NotesCartographic Note: 1/20,000

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