TIDES AND BENCH MARKS AT NASSAU, 

 NEW PROVIDENCE 



BY 



L. p. SHIDY, 



Chief of the Tidal Division, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 



INTRODUCTION. 



In the latter part of June, 1903, Dr. Oliver L. Fassig, a member of the 

 Bahama Expedition of the Geographical Society, of Baltimore, established an 

 automatic tide gauge at iSTassau, Xew Providence. The gauge, one of the 



Nassau Harbor 



.o^ 





ScA uE Of Feet. 

 Fig. 1.— Diagram Showing Location of Tide Gauge and Bench Marks. 



Saxton type, No. 49, scale 1 : 9 (Plate XIV, Fig. 2), was loaned by the U. S. 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey to the Geographical Society of Baltimore. Through 

 the courtesy of ]\Ir. H. ^I. Flagler, this gauge was located in the Basin or 

 Boat Camber of the Colonial Hotel grounds, about an eighth of a mile 



