Colchester, Conn.

Description

Title: Colchester, Conn.
Alternative Title: Aug. 1884, Colchester, Conn.
Creator: Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., issuing body
Contributor: Library of Congress Stamp
Published / Created: 1884
Abstract: Sanborn fire insurance maps are a rich source of historic data on the urban built environment of North America during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The atlases were created for the purpose of underwriting fire insurance policies, which depended upon accurate and frequently-updated information about construction materials, municipal and transportation infrastructure, industrial and commercial landuse and more. The Yale University Library Map Department scanned its holdings of Sanborn fire insurance maps (consisting primarily of Connecticut towns) in order to make the maps more accessible.
Description: "2 sheets."
Contains information on population, prevailing winds, water facilities and fire department.
Partial cadastral map.
SMLMAPL 766 C67 1884: Sheets disbound. "Triplicate" stamp on both sheets. Library of Congress copyright stamp on title sheet.
Extent: 1 atlas (2 leaves)
64 cm
color
Scale: Scale 1:600. 50 ft. to an inch.
Coordinates: 600 and a
Language: English

Format: cartographic
Genre: Atlases
Cadastral maps
Colchester (Town)
Connecticut
Fire insurance maps
local
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Geographic): Colchester (Conn. : Town)--Maps
Subject (Name): Library of Congress Stamp
Subject (Topic): Fire risk assessment--Connecticut--Colchester (Town)--Maps
Real property--Connecticut--Colchester (Town)--Maps

Access: Public
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