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Title: U.S. Coast Survey, The Mouth of Kennebec River, Maine 1857
Artist/Publisher: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supdt.
Date: 1857
Map Type: Reproduction from an original hand-colored lithograph
Original Print Size: 14.5" x 12.75" (image); 16.25" x 14.125" (full margins)
Reproduction Size: 26" x 23.5"
Condition: Good (folded, see scan), age toned at the folded lines, left margin irregular
Description: The U.S. Coast Survey, a federal agency was founded in the early 1800's. Ferdinand Hassler was the first Superintendent of the Coast Survey (1816 - 1818 & 1832 - 1843). At the helm he instilled two key principals, accuracy and precision. Alexander Dallas Bache, Benjamin Framklin's great grandson, became Superintendent in 1843 after Hassler's death. The Coast Survey prospered under Bache's leadership, becoming one of the first great science organizations of the US Government. A. D. Bache presided over the early establishment of the American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science. He was also the founder of the National Academy of Science.
U.S. Coast Survey charts like this one of the Kennebec River mouth, were created and issued for navigation and contained all navigational information necessary for ship travel on coastal waters.

Reproduction from map in good condition, previously folded, some age toning deeper at folds. Hand coloring is very clean and bright.

ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP AVAILABLE

About The Kennebec:
The Kennebec River is a 150-mile (240 km) river in the state of Maine in the northeastern United States. It rises in Moosehead Lake in west central Maine. The East and West Outlets join at Indian Pond and the river then flows southward where it is joined, at The Forks by the Dead River, also called the West Branch then continues southward past the cities of Madison, Skowhegan, Waterville, and the state capital Augusta. At Richmond, it flows into Merrymeeting Bay, a 16-mile (26 km) freshwater tidal bay into which also flow the Androscoggin River and five smaller rivers. The Kennebec then runs past the shipbuilding center of Bath, thence to the Gulf of Maine in the Atlantic Ocean. Ocean tides affect the river height as far north as Augusta. Tributaries of the Kennebec River include the Carrabassett River, Sandy River, and Sebasticook River.
The Virginia of Sagadahoc, the first oceangoing vessel built in the New World by English-speaking shipwrights, was launched into the river. Hundreds of wooden and steel vessels have since been launched on the Kennebec, particularly in Bath, the so-called City of Ships, including the Wyoming, one of the largest wooden schooners ever built. The sole remaining shipyard is the Bath Iron Works, one of the few yards still building warships for the United States Navy. The USCGC Kennebec was named after this river. Source: Wikipedia