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| Keywords: 1859 U.S. Coast Survey Map of Lynn Harbor, Massachusetts - Geographicus - LynnHarbor-uscs-1859.jpg A rare 1859 U S Coast Survey chart of the Lynn Harbor Massachusetts Covers the North Shore region in the vicinity of Lynn from Chelsea Creek to Kings Beach including Nahant Offers extraordinary detail both at sea and inland Notes important buildings roadways and railroads as well as nautical references Detailed depth soundings and sailing references including lighthouses throughout A text area in the lower right quadrant offers sailing instructions notes on tides and a key to abbreviations used on the map The triangulation for this chart was accomplished by C O Boutelle The topography is the work of H L Whiting The hydrography was completed by a party under the command of A Murray Published under the supervision of A D Bache for the 1859 Report of the Superintendant of the U S Coast Survey 1859 dated Size in 14 75 17 5 object history credit line accession number LynnHarbor-uscs-1859 <i>Report of the Superintendant of the U S Coast Survey </i> 1859 edition Geographicus-source PD-art United States Coast Survey maps Old maps of Massachusetts 1859 maps | ||||
