LONG ISLAND SOUND, lying between Long Island and the mainland of New York and Connecticut, is from 2 to 20 miles wide, and from 75 to about 200 feet in depth. It is navigated by an immense number of coasting-vessels and steamers, and receives the Thames, Connecticut, Housatonic, and other rivers on its northern shore.
LONG ISLAND SOUND
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 712
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