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MAP #: 383U5
CARTOGRAPHER : UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC
SURVEY
DATE: 1883
SHORT TITLE : TRIANGULATION BETWEEN THE HUDSON
RIVER AND CAPE HENRY
REMAINING TITLE & ID : AND THE OHIO RIVER SCALE
1/1000,000 JUNE 30, 1883 (TOP, LEFT OF CENTER). "UNITED STATES
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY" (ABOVE TITLE). "No. 4." (LEFT TOP
MARGIN). "NOTE- THE SHADED SURFACES INDICATE RESURVEYS" (CENTER
RIGHT). SCALES IN KILOMETERS AND STATUTE MILES (BOTTOM LEFT).
"NOTES" (UNDER SCALES). THE SKETCH IS SLIGHTLY LARGER AT THE
BOTTOM THAN AT THE TOP (86.0 AND 85.8 CM.). THE REVERSE SIDE IS
BLANK. LONGITUDE WEST FROM GREENWICH (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS).
LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).
DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1884 (1883)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : WASHINGTON
PUBLISHER : U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 56.8 X 86.0 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : 63.7 X 89.7 CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 1,000,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 80 STATUTE MILES = 13.0 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-639
# 2 : MSA SC1399-636 (1882 STATE)
# 3 : MSA SC1399-637 (1884 STATE)
# 4 : MSA SC1399-640 (1885 STATE)
# 5 : MSA SC1399-635 (1886 STATE)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : B014-DHH
# 2 : B014-DHH (1882 STATE)
# 3 : B014-DHH (1884 STATE)
# 4 : B014-DHH (1885 STATE)
# 5 : B014-DHH (1886 STATE)
REGION CATEGORY : GENERAL MAP OF INTEREST TO A
MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (3)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : U.S.C.S. TYPE CHART (4)
: PROGRESS SKETCH (20)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE CHART.
RELIEF SHOWN ? : NO
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : SIMPLE FUNCTIONAL (5)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : GREENWICH (1)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 382U6, 384U6, 385U5, 386U5.
BEST INFO SOURCE : THE FISCAL 1883 USC&GS ANNUAL
REPORT IS THE ONLY SOURCE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS SKETCH OF THE TRIANGULATION
CONNECTING NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA,
WEST VIRGINIA AND THE OHIO SHOWS HOW THE TRIANGULATION WAS TIED
TOGETHER. IT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY
TRIANGULATION. WHILE NOT IMPORTANT TO A CHESAPEAKE-MARYLAND
COLLECTION, THIS SKETCH DOES SHOW THAT THE WORK DONE ON THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY WAS PIVOTAL TO THE EXTENSION OF THE TRIANGULATION
WESTWARD AND SOUTHWARD. THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORTED THAT MR. A.T.
MOSMAN EXAMINED A COUNTRY CUT INTO DEEP RAVINES THROUGH WHICH FLOW
THE NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS EMPTYING INTO THE OHIO RIVER AND WITH
THE RANGES OF HILLS BETWEEN THESE STREAMS OF UNIFORM HEIGHT AND
HEAVILY WOODED EITHER WITH LARGE TIMBER OR COVERED WITH A SECOND
GROWTH OF SMALL TREES AND BUSHES. THESE WERE SO THICKLY CROWDED AS
TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO PENETRATE AND WERE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO
AFFORD A VIEW OF THE COUNTRY FROM THEIR TOPS. MUCH TIME WAS
NECESSARILY SPENT IN SEARCHING FOR STATIONS THAT COULD BE
INTERVISIBLE, AND AS THE ROADS WERE FEW AND VERY ROUGH, TRAVEL IN
WAGONS OR ON HORSEBACK WAS VERY SLOW AND ALMOST ALL DETAILED
EXAMINATIONS WERE MADE ON FOOT. THE SKETCH WAS INCLUDED IN THE
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC
SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK DURING THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING WITH JUNE, 1883, WASHINGTON: U.S. COAST & GEODETIC
SURLVEY, 1884.
DATA IS FROM THE USC&GS ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL 1883 AND FROM
OBSERVATION OF THE COPY IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.
EDITION & STATE INFO : THIS SKETCH IS AN UPDATED AND
REISSUED VERSION OF ONE THAT FIRST APPEARED IN THE USCGS ANNUAL
REPORT OF FISCAL 1881-2 (SEE MAP # 382U6). THE MOST CONSPICUOUS
CHANGE IS THE DATE IN THE TITLE. ALSO, SHADED SURFACES NOW
INDICATE RESURVEYS. FURTHER REVISIONS AND REPUBLICATIONS OCCURRED
IN FISCAL 1883-4 (SEE MAP # 384U6), AND FISCAL 1884-5 (SEE MAP #
385U5) AND FISCAL 1885-6 (SEE MAP # 386U5).
HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS
A GOOD COPY ON THIN PAPER. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF B014-DHH AND A MDHR
# OF MSA SC1399-639. THE COLLECTION ALSO HAS COPIES OF THE 1882
STATE WITH A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-636, THE 1884 STATE WITH A MDHR
# OF MSA SC1399-637, THE 1885 STATE WITH A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-
640, AND THE 1886 STATE WITH A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-635. ALL
STATES HAVE ACQ. #S OF B014-DHH.
BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : U.S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY,
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC
SURVEY SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK DURING THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING WITH JUNE, 1883, WASHINGTON: U.S. COAST & GEODETIC
SURVEY, 1884, 39-40, 80.
March 17, 1992
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