Sounding party off USCS Brig FAUNTLEROY.1857-Earliest picture of Coast Survey sounding operations.Watercolor by James Madison Alden, nephew of Lieutenant CommandingJames Alden.
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Date: 1857
Credit: NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; Burke Museum, University of Washington
Location: Strawberry Harbor, Rosario Straits, Washington
Subject: Survey Ships
Subject: 1834-1899 Ships
Subject: Charting
Subject: Sounding