American Harbors & Rivers Mined during the Spanish/American War

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Location / State / Authorized / Implimented / Removeal Portland...................Me..1898.......yes.........1899...........Recovered Kennebec.River........Me..1898.......yes.........1899...........Recovered Penobscot.River.......Me..1898.......yes.........1899...........Recovered Portsmouth...............NH.1898.......yes.........1899...........Recovered Boston......................Ma..1898......yes.........1899...........Recovered New.Bedford.............Ma..1898.......no............................................ Narragansett.Bay.......RI....1898......yes.........1899..........Recovered Stonington...................Ct...1898.......yes........1899.........Recovered New.London...............Ct...1898.......yes........1899..........Recovered New.Haven.................Ct....1898.......yes.......1899..........Recovered Eastern.NY................NY...1898.......yes.......1899............Exploded

Staten.Island............NY.1898........yes.........1900.............Recovered ........Ft.Tompkins.....1.Grand.Group.of.5...3-mine.groups ........Ft.Hamilton......1.Grand.Group.of.6...3-mine.groups ........Coney.Island....1.Grand.Group.of.4...3-mine.groups Sandy.Hook...............NJ.1898........yes.........1900.............Recovered .........Ft.Hancock......1.Grand.Group.of.16.3-mine.groups

Fort.Mifflin..............Pa..1898.......yes.........1899............Recovered/Expl.... Fort.DuPont............De..1898.......yes.........1899............Recovered .......... Baltamore...............Md..1898.......yes.........1898............Recovered........... Washington.............DC.1898.......yes.........1898.............Recovered/Expl... Hampton.Roads.......Va..1898.......yes.........1899............Exploded............. ?..............................NC.1898.......yes.........1899............Recovered........... Charlestown.............SC.1898.......yes.........1899............Exploded.............. Port.Royal................SC.1898.......yes.........1899............Exploded............. Savannah.................Ga..1898.......yes.........1899............Recovered........... Cumberland.Sound...Ga..1898.......yes.........1899............Exploded.............. St.John......................Fl..1898.......yes.........1899............Exploded............. Key.West...................Fl..1898.......yes.........1898............Exploded.............. ?...............................Fl..1898.......no......................................................... Pensacola..................Fl..1898.......yes.........1898............Exploded............. ?...............................La..1898.......yes.........1898............Exploded............. New.Orleans.............La..1898.......yes.........1899............Recovered............ Sabine.Pass...............Tx..1898.......no........................................................ Galveston.................Tx..1898.......yes.........1899............Recovered............ San.Diego.................Ca..1898.......yes.........1898............Recovered............ San.Francisco............Ca..1898.......yes.........1899............Recovered........... Columbia.River..........Ca..1898.......no........................................................

Staten Island & Sandy Hook

Map provided by:
Mary Rasa @ Ft. Hancock
Courtest: NPS/Gateway NRA
© A.C.Shewey, Chicago 1898

Need Help! Are there other maps in this series of Harbors in c1898 showing mine fields ? It seem strange that during a war a 'comercial' map would be published showing mine locations. Any Government document mentioning mines was classified. Could this map be propagand ?