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CapeHenlopen Area, Delaware Shore, 1941.



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Delaware Shore – June 1941

Location: Atlantic shore of Delaware from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island.

Approx geographic coverage:

North: 38.805 deg. N, 75.097 deg. W
South: 38.454 deg. N, 75.049 deg. W

Photograph date: 25 June 1941.

Aerial flight service: Unknown.

Source of original images: Photographic archives of the Beach Erosion Board (predecessor of the former Coastal Engineering Research Center), presently stored at the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.

Original image condition: Good. Printed on double-weight glossy paper. The printing date is unknown.

Print Size: 18 x 18 inch.

Scale: 1:10,000 according to written note on frame 104 15.

Supplemental Information: These photographs were taken in 1941. These digital files have not been orthorectified or projected. Twelve frames cover the entire Delaware shore. Odd-number frames are missing. Digital files are labeled with date and the frame number on the original print. Photograph altitude unknown, scale is 1:10,000. Other pertinent information such as time of photography, original photographic service, lens type, and focal length are unknown.

Disposition of original negatives: Unknown

Alternates sets of prints: None known

SCANNING INFORMATION:

HP DesignJet model 815MFP
Software: HP DesignJet scan software V. 5.3. Contrast and gain for most photographs automatically controlled by the software.
Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi for TIFF files 256 Grayscale.
Scanning date: July and August 2008.
Scanned by: Ms. Alicia Graves

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Andrew Morang, Ph.D.
Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, HN-CE
Engineer Research and Development Center
3909 Halls Ferry Road
Vicksburg, MS 39180-5002 USA

Tel voice: 601-634-2064
Facsimile: 601-634-3080

Email: andrew.morang@usace.army.mil