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Plan of a survey of the River Delaware from one mile below Chester to Richmond above Philadelphia, taken by order of Councils in the months of July, August & September Anno Domini 1819 by David McClure. , 1820

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Work Title:
Plan of a survey of the River Delaware from one mile below Chester to Richmond above Philadelphia, taken by order of Councils in the months of July, August & September Anno Domini 1819 by David McClure. , 1820
Surveyor:
McClure, David
Date:
1820
Size:
39 x 121 in.
Image Note:
The colors in this image may have been adjusted to enhance legibility, and may not accurately reflect the original item.
Map Features:
Topography, soundings, bars, islands, natural and artificial river banks, ship and sloop channels, water grass, water-dock (or splatter-dock, now called spatter-dock), mud, sand, two shipwrecks, and various landmarks on both the Pennsylvania and New Jersey shorelines; "Coloured by Joseph H. Siddall, Draughtsman, 1820"
Media:
Mounted
Scale:
1 inch = 832 feet; 6.4 inches to the mile; 1:9900
Source:
Image File(s):
074-01_HP