1947 U.S. Army Map of the Port of Jacksonville, Florida

This is a 1948 U.S. Army Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and United States Maritime Commission map of the port of Jacksonville, Florida. Depicting port facilities along the St. John's River, over eighty docks, wharves, and piers are numerically identified and correspond with tables in the text. Other symbols identify warehouses. freight stations, lumber handling, fertilizer plants, dry docks, and other facilities. Streets along the riverfront are illustrated and labeled, along with several railroad lines. Alphabetic circles in the St. Johns River mark anchorages. An inset map of the St. Johns River from Jacksonville to Mayport appears at top center.

Publication History and Census

This map was created by the U.S. Army Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and United States Maritime Commission in 1947 and published in The Port of Jacksonville, Florida Port Series No. 15 in 1948. We note a single cataloged example of the separate map, which is part of the collection at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.