Abstract
This paper presents the results of a study of the form of Nantasket Beach, and includes a discussion of the stages of development through which the beach has passed to reach its present form, and of the processes by which that development has been accomplished. Our attention was directed to the Nantasket problem by Professor W. M. Davis, who was the first to discover the significance of the abandoned marine cliffs and beaches, and their relation to islands which have long since disappeared. Acknowledgements are also due to the Boston street commissioners for assistance in securing old maps for examination; to Mr E. G. Knight of Hull for information regarding conditions prior to the building of the County Road on Nantasket Beach; and to Mr F. M. Hersey of Boston, and the officials of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, for numerous courtesies. In addition to these gentlemen, our thanks are due to many others in Boston and Hull for various services.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
City of Boston (1902–3) List of Maps, Appendix I, Ann. Rep. City Eng., supplement.
Brown, E. I. (1928) ‘Inlets on sandy coasts’, Proc. Amer. Soc. Civ. Eng., LIV.
Davis, W. M. (1896) ‘The outline of Cape Cod’, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., XXXI 303–32.
Gilbert, G. K. (1883–4) ‘The topographic features of lake shores’, U.S. Geol. Surv., 5th Ann. Rent., 69–123.
Gilbert, G. K. (1890) ‘Lake Bonneville’, U.S. Geol. Surv., Mon. I.
Gulliver, F. P. (1899) ‘Shoreline topography’, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sd., XXXIV 149–258.
Johnson, D. W. (1906) ‘The New England Intercollegiate Geological Excursion, 1905: geology of the Nantasket area’, Science, n.s., XXIII 155–6.
United States Commissioners (1865) Communications and Reports in relation to the Surveys of Boston Harbor, 1859–1865 (Boston), especially the Second Report, 1860, City Doc. No. 97.
Editor information
Copyright information
© 1971 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Johnson, D.W., Reed, W.G. (1971). The Form of Nantasket Beach. In: Steers, J.A. (eds) Introduction to Coastline Development. Geographical Readings. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15422-7_9
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15422-7_9
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-0-333-11041-6
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-15422-7
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)