About This Item

  • TitlePierhead and Bulkhead Lines for Newtown Creek, New York from Whalehead Creek Canal to Metropolitan Avenue.
  • Call NumberMAP_1890-04-01
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Maps collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMap of pier and bulkhead lines for Newtown Creek, New York, accompanying report to the Chief of Engineers, U.S.A., Washington, D.C. Signed by Acting Secretary of War, Lewis A. Grant, and all members of the New York Harbor Line Board. Includes street names; distances from street to pier and bulkhead lines; and soundings in creek. Printed note from L.A. Grant dated 1891 pasted to map.
  • Date1890
  • Formatcartographicstill image
  • Physical Description1 map : some color ; 20 x 37 in.
  • Genremaps (documents)nautical charts
  • CreatorUnited States. War Department
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps ; Waterfronts--New York (State)--New York ; Nautical charts--New York (State)--New York ; Shorelines--New York (State)--New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Maps collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.