Map of Buffalo Harbor, N.Y., August 1854
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Item data
Title
Map of Buffalo Harbor, N.Y., August 1854
Collection
Maps of New York City and State
Cities and towns, A-Z
Names
United States. Topographical Bureau (Creator)
Wagner & M'Guigan (Lithographer)
United States. Congress. House (Publisher)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1854 (Inferred)
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: U.S. House of Representatives
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-6097
Subjects
Harbors -- New York (State) -- Buffalo (N.Y.)
Nautical charts -- New York (State) -- Buffalo River (Ark.)
Buffalo River (N.Y.)
New York (State) -- Buffalo (N.Y.)
New York (State) -- Buffalo River (Ark.)
Genres
Notes
Content: Depths shown by soundings.
Content: Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Content: "Sounding in feet & tenths. Height of water on the scale Aug. 9th 3 12/100 feet, or 0 96/100 below the zero of Capt. Williams in 1839. Wm. H. Pettes, U.S. Agent."
Content: "Copy Topl. Bureau, Octr. 5th, 1854."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 27 x 36 cm, on sheet 31 x 40 cm
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 41230506
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20645924
Other local Identifier: US175.2.04
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1d8f78d0-0bef-0134-1703-00505686a51c
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1854
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of Buffalo Harbor, N.Y., August 1854" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1854. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d8f78d0-0bef-0134-1703-00505686a51c
APA format
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1854). Map of Buffalo Harbor, N.Y., August 1854 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d8f78d0-0bef-0134-1703-00505686a51c
Chicago/Turabian Format
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of Buffalo Harbor, N.Y., August 1854" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d8f78d0-0bef-0134-1703-00505686a51c
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