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OBJECT TYPE: topographical/aeronautical
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2874.001

MANUFACTURER: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
MODEL: Lake Melville
LOCATION: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 73.7 cm
Width: 56.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Navigation instruments & equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Survey US
Country: United States of America
State/Province: District of Columbia
City: Washington

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945) or immediate post war/ latest date on this map Sept. 1945
Canada: Unknown
Function: 2 dimensional graphic representation of a section of the earth's surface/ likely used for aerial navigation & military planning
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering along top above edge of map reads: "(178) LAKE MELVILLE N5200-W5400/400x900 Not for sale or distribution/For use by War and Navy Department Agencies only aaf AERONAUTICAL CHART Lambert Conformal Conic Projection./Standard Parallels 55 [degrees] and 65 [degrees] Scale 1:1,000,000 RESTRICTED (178)"; lettering along bottom below edge of map reads: "(178) RESTRICTED Lines of equal magnetic variation for 1943/Aeronautical information SEPTEMBER 1945/BY AAF AERONAUTICAL CHART SERVICE/Prepared at the direction of the Commanding General, Army Air Forces, for the Aeronautical Chart Service/by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey from the best source material available, including trimetrogen compilation/APRIL, 1945 BASE NO. 2/Legend and Index on reverse side/This chart is prepared for use at night under/white, ultra-violet, red, and amber lights./NOTE: Officers using this chart will mark hereon corrections and additions/which come to their attention and mail direct to HEADQUARTERS,/AERONAUTICAL CHART SERVICE, ARMY AIR FORCES, WASHINGTON, D.C./ U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEYM WASHINGTON, D.C./JUNE, 1945/N5200-W5400/400x900/SCALE 1:1,000,000/FIRST EDITION Subject to Correction/LAKE MELVILLE (178)/LABRADOR"
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour map on white background
Decoration: N/A

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U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, Map, 1945, Artifact no. 1992.2874, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2874.001/

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