Old Topsail Inlet to Cape Fear, North Carolina

Depths shown by soundings and shading, relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper right. Includes notes and tables for lights, buoys, weather signal stations, abbreviations of surface types, and tides. Also shows roads, houses, life saving stations, and railroads including the Wilmin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1897
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Online Access:http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/ncmaps,783
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Summary:Depths shown by soundings and shading, relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper right. Includes notes and tables for lights, buoys, weather signal stations, abbreviations of surface types, and tides. Also shows roads, houses, life saving stations, and railroads including the Wilmington & Sea Coast Rail Road, the Wilmington, Onslow, & East Carolina Rail Road, the New Hanover Transit Rail Road, and the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley. Inset table on "Authorities" lists the dates of surveys and observations conducted for the map, ranging in date from 1851 to 1896.