1889 New York - Canso Cables. Chart No 8. (Long Island, Coney Island to Pondquoquoque Point and Ocean area to east )
Scale circa 1:300,000. Bound in 1889 New York - Canso Cables Folder. Chart No 8. Black and white chart. Lights coloured. Mss cable routes marked in red, green and yellow. Mss note 'The soundings shown in green on this chart are taken from United States Hydrographic Office Notice dated 28 Augst 1894' (in green). Mss note 'Tube soundings taken while laying the 1889 New York cables are shown as thus:- 51' (in blue) . Mss note 'Pole Star observations are marked in the meridians in which they were taken' (in red).
Object Details
ID: | PIR246:2/148 |
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Collection: | Charts and maps |
Type: | Chart |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Siemen Bros & Co Ltd; Stanford, Edward |
Date made: | 1889 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall sheet dimensions: 67 cm x 101 cm; Between neat lines: 55 cm x 90 cm |