+The United States Coasta Survey was set up in 1807 but for a varity of reasons, got of to a slow start. The department gained traction and funding during the Jackson administrationand work began in earnest.The surveys here date mostly from the 1840sand represent the first organized reprentations of New Jersy's coast.
It should be noted that these are not scans of the originals. The surveys were created in the 19th century. In the 1930s, the surveys were copied using some sort of photostatic process. These copies, or at least some of them, were then darkened or enhanced by WPA cartographers. The copies, or at least one set of them, ended up at the University of Alabama. There, the copies werescanned and placed online with a huge collection of other maps, all in Mr. Sid format. A few years ago, folks from the university allowed me to download a number of maps because there was, at tha time,t no online viewer for Mr Sid files that worked on my computer. Since I've had these for a bit, I figured I'd share them. Just bear in mind that the quality of the surveys varies and that as maps go, they aren't as user friendly as the big county maps or atlases elsewhere on this sitethis site.
Adittional surveys of the coast of NJ may be viewed at the Alabama Maps Site. Downloads now cost 5 dollars per map. The originals are held at the National Archives in Washington DC.
