Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-05
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gard, superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, through the courtesy of Congressman Charles l.. Mitch ell, the appended statements which will be of interest to all interested in the commerce. of Long Island Sound. They pertain to new discoveries of danger to navigation deter mined and surveyed during the recent re-sur- 1 vey of Long Island Sound. They were nev- er before known and consequently not laid down on any chart. It is 8 remarkable fact l that two of the boulders found in the East | river with deep water surrounding them are right in the track of the largest ships. One of these rocks is in the blight between Port Morris and Leegett's Point, little to the northward of the middle of the channel rounding North Broth CTS, and has depth of water around it of 17 feet. The chart shows a depth of water close by it of 15 If fathoms. Then there is shoal off Riker's Island between the island and Leggett's Point having depth of Is feet, distant 300 yards from the island and point. Following is the statement in question: STATEMENT. Progress of the rssurvey of topography and | hydrography of Long Island Sound during 1 1883.
 TOPOGRAPHY. The shore and adjacent topography of Lit | tie Narragansett Bay, the interior of Stoning | ton and the topography adjacent to the shore | Cincluding some shore line) from Stonington westward to the entrance of Mystic river. The interior topography of the east side of | Thames river from Groton three miles north. The interior topography on the west side of | Thames river from point three miles south of new division to Groton Point. The shore and interior topography from l Goshen Point to Hammonasset Point, includ- ing the entrance to Connecticut river to Lyme.
 The shore and interior topography from Bridgeport to Frost and Farms Point, iR- cluding the shore line of Bridgeport harbor and g compilation of the interior of Bridge | port from the city survey records. The shore and adjacent topography from 1 point on the New York shore opposite the south end of City Island shore from Pros pect Point to the south end of Little Rock bay. At the eastern end of Long Island the shore and interior topography from point three miles east of Hortons Point lighthouse eastward, including solid topography east of | line from Greenport to the Sound and solid | topography of Plum, Gull and Gardiner's l islands; and ten miles of shore line and ad- jacent topography of Napeague bay, and | three miles of shore line and adjacent topo- graphy at Montauk Point. HYDRoGRAPHY. The approaches to the eastern entrance to Fishers Island Sound. The southeastern half of Fishers Island Sound and all of Little Naragansett bay.
 The entrance to Long Island Sound and 1 Gardiner's Bay. The harbor of Greenport and adjacent waters from Long Island Point to Great Hog Neck.
 shoal in Napeague bay and one off Mon- tauk Point.
 Long Island Sound for it's whole width from the west entrance to Fishers Island Sound to line from Roanoke Point, Long Island, north to point one mile southwest of Faulkner's Island and thence by an irreg- ular line to Hamnonassett Point. The Sound and East river for the whole width between line from Davenport Island to Sands Point light and line from Clau- sens Point to College Point. special survey, on one-five thousandths scale, of Black Rock harbor.
 A special examination for danger in Hell Gate from Port Morris to Riker's Island. DANGERS TO NAVIGATION. | Dangers to navigation determined and sur veyed during the resurvey of Long Island Sound, for the first time. (ALl depths referred to at mean low water.) NEW LONDON HARBoR.
 Vixen Ledge, one-half mile SEE from Pine Island, a small ledge of rocks with | 10 1-2 feet of water. A small cluster of rocks with 12 1-2 feet of
 water directly in the channel, 150 yards w by s from Red buoy near Pine Island.
 or $50 yards same bearing, from SW end
 of Pine Island.
 A similar ledge in center of channel with l twelve and one-half feet of water north of Black buoy and 500 yards E4S from Franks Ledge. A small rock with three feet of water, out of the channel, 15O yards NV by N from Black Rock. A rock with J feet | of water N4W from Fort Trumbull wharf mile distant.
 s. ". ENTRANCE TO NOANK HARBoR AND MYSTIC RIVER. A rock with six feet of water about 300 yards east of Red buoy at outer entrance A rock locally known as Planet rock with 4 feet of water, farther in, on line of the two spindles.
 A rock with feet of water by W from spindle, south of lighthouse, distant 100 | feet.
 A rock with feet of water NV by N l from spindle, distant about 100 yards. | Two rocks in Mystic river with four feet of water in mid channel above Six Penny Is- land near Stone Quarry. FISHERS ISLAND SOUND. 1 A cluster of rocks, the most dangerous of which is pointed, with 13 feet of water, lies l about IA of the distance from the Bell buoy 1 to Red buoy No. 3 and to the westward of 8 | line joining them.
 Two rocks bearing SW from Knapp's House distant 75O yards and WSW from Red buoy No. 4, of Knapp's Point, with IT feet of water on each. shoal lying NE from Latimer's Reef spindle with II feet of water,-old chart shows not less than 16 feet. rock with IS feet of water, bearing W by B from Middle clump, distant 400 yards. SOUTH SIDE OF FISHERS ISLAND. Gasanby Rock, two rocks with four and six feet of water.
 ledge to the eastward of Gasanby Rock.
 wEsTBRooK HARBoR.
 The Dumping, 1 IA feet out of water at mean low water.
 Sunken Rock, just swesh at mean low water.
 EASTERN END OF LONG ISLAND.
 Shagw wong Rock has 1-2 feet of water.
 ShagwonR Point bears SSW If distant $50 yards.
 Montauk Lighthouse bears SEE 1-2 dis tant 3-9 nautical miles. EAST RIVER.
 East River near North Brothers and Riker's islands.
 A shoal previously reported by MT. Charles | of Rikers Island, between the island and l Leggett's Point, having depth of IS feet, distant 300 yards from the island and point. | A rock in the blight between Port Morris and Leggett's Point to the northward of the middle of the channel rounding North Brother, has depth of 17 feet.
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