File:1908 U.S. Geological Survey Map of Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts - Geographicus - Provincetown-usgs-1908.jpg

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Coast Lines: Parts of Provincetown and Wellfleet (Mass.) Sheets.
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United States Geological Survey
Title
Coast Lines: Parts of Provincetown and Wellfleet (Mass.) Sheets.
Description
English: An unusual 1908 variant on the U.S. Geological Survey's map Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Covers from Gull Pond and Bound Brook Island north along the cape as far as Provincetown Harbor and Race Point. Offers typical superb detail throughout noting topographical features, rail lines, light houses, marsh lands, and numerous individual buildings. Notes the Pamet River Life Saving Stations, the Highland light and life saving station, the High Head Life Saving Station, the Peaked Hill Bar Life Saving Station, the Race Point Light and Life Saving Station, the Wood End Light, and the Long Point Light. Published as part of a 1908 U.S.G.S. instructional manual for reading topographic maps.
Date 1908 (undated)
Dimensions height: 10 in (25.4 cm); width: 13.5 in (34.2 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,10U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,13.5U218593
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Geographicus link: Provincetown-usgs-1908
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Salisbury, R. and Wallace, A., TheInterpertation ofToographic Maps, (USGS) 1908.

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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.

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