Sketch A No. 5 Showing Proposed Site for a Light House on Sow and Pigs Reef. U.S. Coast Survey

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1853

Sketch A No. 5 Showing Proposed Site for a Light House on Sow and Pigs Reef.

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DESCRIPTION

Chart of the location for the proposed lighthouse on Saddle Rock at Sow and Pigs Reef, located off of Cuttyhunk, near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The chart depicts the site of a proposed lighthouse on Saddle Rock. An inset map shows the Location of the Sow and Pigs Reef relative to Cuttyhunk Island, Vineyard Sound, and Buzzard Bay. Nice elevation views of the rocks at the reef as seen from the North and from the Northwest. Various remarks and notes, latitudes/longitudes, and other notations are included throughout the map and inset.

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FULL TITLE

Sketch A No. 5 Showing Proposed Site for a Light House on Sow and Pigs Reef.

MAPMAKER/CARTOGRAPHER/AUTHOR

U.S. Coast Survey, Bache, A. D. Superintendent

PUBLISHER

Washington, Robert Armstrong Public Printer 1854

PUBLICATION

Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1853, House Executive Document no. 12

DIMENSIONS (Inches)

15 X 16.5

CONDITION

Very fine conditon with slight overall toning, darker at fold lines, margin cropped to near neatline as bound, folded as issued. See photos for details.