Coast chart no. 149 Old Topsail Inlet to Cape Fear North Carolina

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Repository	Outer Banks History Center
Title	Coast chart no. 149 Old Topsail Inlet to Cape Fear North Carolina
Date Published	1900
Date Depicted	Between 1888 and 1900
Creator - Organization	U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Place of Publication	[Washington, D.C.]
Publisher	U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Abstract	Map portrays the coastline of North Carolina from Old Topsail Inlet to Cape Fear and the Cape Fear River from its mouth to Wilmington. 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. Phosphate Works also shown. Soundings are given, and the depth of the water is also indicated by shading. Information relating to soundings, aids to navigation, tides, and other aspects of the map is found in the upper right corner and in the upper left corner below the title. Inset table on "Authorities" lists the dates of surveys and observations conducted for the map, ranging in date from 1851 to 1896. Oriented with north to the upper right.
Historical Note	This map was prepared by the U.S. Coast Survey as one in the series of numbered charts depicting the Atlantic coastline of the United States. It is the 1900 edition, issued under the direction of Henry Smith Pritchett (1857-1939) as superintendent of the survey, of a map first published in 1889. The bar and dredged channels in the Cape Fear River are from surveys by the U.S. Corps of Engineers between 1886 and 1899.
Bibliographic Note	This map was formerly classified as 33 MAP-93-6.
Related Maps	Cm912m U58cf7 1897;MC.168.1902ud;Cm912m U58cf7 1909
Type	Coast and Geodetic Survey
Details	Businesses Creeks and Streams Distances Forts Houses Land Cover Railroads Roads Soundings
Subject - Geographic	Brunswick County (N.C.)--Maps. Cape Fear River (N.C.)--Maps. New Hanover County (N.C.)--Maps. Pender County (N.C.)--Maps.
Subject - Topical	Nautical charts--North Carolina--Cape Fear River.
Places Depicted	Brunswick County (N.C.) Cape Fear (N.C.) Cape Fear River (N.C.) New Hanover County (N.C.) Oak Island (N.C.) Pender County (N.C.) Smith Island (N.C.) Southport (N.C.) Topsail Inlet (N.C.) Topsail Sound (N.C.) Wilmington (N.C.)
West Longitude	-78.22689
East Longitude	-77.64725
North Latitude	34.35120
South Latitude	33.83964
Scale	1:80,000
Size	102 x 82.7 cm.
Medium	Paper
Format	Maps
Language	English
Digital Collection	North Carolina Maps
Host	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sponsor	North Carolina Maps is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina.
Call Number	MC.168.1900ub;MARS Id 3.11.1.57

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