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Grand atlas. Division IV, South Mountain and Great Valley topographical maps, Part I contains thirty sheets relating to the Durham and Reading Hills and bordering valleys in Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks and Berks counties and thirteen sheets relating to the South Mountains in Franklin, Cumberland and York counties : 1885
Title
Grand atlas. Division IV, South Mountain and Great Valley topographical maps, Part I [cartographic material] : contains thirty sheets relating to the Durham and Reading Hills and bordering valleys in Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks and Berks counties and thirteen sheets relating to the South Mountains in Franklin, Cumberland and York counties : 1885 / Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, J.P. Lesley, State Geologist.
Published
[Harrisburg] : Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, 1885.
Physical Description
1 atlas (36 plates) : maps (some col.) ; on sheets 83 x 67 cm. + 1 title sheet.
Cartographic Detail
Scales differ (W 80°31ʹ--W 74°41ʹ/N 42°16ʹ--N 39°43ʹ).
Notes
Title from title sheet.
Relief shown by contours and spot heights.
Sheets individually numbered, some sheets include information about the map or item number as found in the individual "Reports of progress" of the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania.
"Lane S. Hart, State Printer."
"Julius Bien & Co. Lith."
Title sheet includes "Map of Pennsylvania" at a scale of ca. 1:2,500,000 that highlights the mapped areas using red.
Title sheet verso includes list of the "Divisions of the Grand Atlas," note, and tables of content divided by "Sheets relating to the Durham and Reading Hills and bordering valleys west of the Delaware River" and "Sheets relating to the South Mountains west of the Susquehanna River."
"Geological and topographical map of part of Northampton County ..." and "Geological and topographical map showing the limestone of Lehigh County ..." each include an index to mines. "South Mountain map" includes an adjoining sheets index.
Variant and related titles
South Mountain and Great Valley topographical maps, Part I : contains thirty sheets relating to the Durham and Reading Hills and bordering valleys in Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks and Berks counties and thirteen sheets relating to the South Mountains in Franklin, Cumberland and York counties : 1885
Grand atlas, South Mountain and Great Valley topographical maps
Variant title: Grand atlas : [of Pennsylvania]
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 14, 2012
Contents
Sheet I. Geological index map to the topographical map of the Durham and Reading Hills, or South Mountains, with the bordering valleys of Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks and Berks counties, 1883 (also issued as Atlas DDD Durham Index Map in the Pennsylvania Second Geological Survey's "Report of Progress")
Sheets II
XIX. A topographical map of the Durham and Reading Hills, known also as the South Mountains of Northampton, Lehigh, Berks and Bucks counties between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, executed in 20-foot contours (1 map on 18 sheets; also issued as Atlas DDD, sheets II
XIX of the Pennsylvania Second Geological Survey's "Report of Progress")
Sheets XX
XXV. Geological and topographical map of a part of Northampton County with contour-line elevations ten feet apart (1 map on 6 sheets; also issued as Atlas DDD, sheets XX
XXV of the Pennsylvania Second Geological Survey's "Report of Progress")
Sheets XXVI
XXIX. Geological and topographical map showing the limestone of Lehigh County including the ranges of brown hematite ore banks with contour-line elevations ten feet apart (1 map on 4 sheets; also issued as Atlas DD, sheets XXVI
XXIX of the Pennsylvania Second Geological Survey's "Report of Progress")
Sheet XXX. Map of the iron ore mines at Ironton, Lehigh County (also issued as Atlas DD, "Ironton mines map" of the Pennsylvania Second Geological Survey's "Report of Progress")
Sheets XXXI
XXXVI. South Mountain map / by A.E. Lehman (1 map on 6 sheets; also issued as Atlas DDDDD, sheets A1
C2 of the Pennsylvania Second Geological Survey's "Report of Progress").
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