Plan Showing Proposed Location of Dam and Flowage on the Quinebaug River, Killingly, Pomfret and Putnam, Connecticut
SurveyorSurveyed by
Erastus Worthington
(American, 1863 - 1953)
Date1908
MediumDrawing; black ink and watercolor on drafting linen
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 14 x 38 1/4in. (35.6 x 97.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 1/2 x 41 3/4in. (44.5 x 106cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.229
DescriptionMap of the Quinebaug River as it flows through Pomfret, Killingly, and Putnam, Connecticut, showing areas of flowage, landowners along the river and a proposed dam. The flowage areas appear to be colored pink, with the rest of the land divisions surrounding the river denoted with lines. At the bottom left is a list of the flowage areas in each town. Several local roads are shown, as well as the Midland Division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
Label TextErastus Worthington was a civil engineer from Dedham, Massachusetts, who specialized in water supply and sewage. This map is one of a group of maps of a proposed dam on the Quinebaug River in Pomfret, Connecticut showing its potential effect on property owners in the area. The Danielson Cotton Company proposed building a dam in Pomfret in 1908; these maps probably relate to that project.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 500 feetStatus
Not on view
Erastus Worthington
1907
