Town of Bloomfield, Connecticut
MakerPrepared by
Metropolitan District Commission
(American, founded 1929)
Date1993
MediumLithography; black and colored printer's inks on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (imageheight x width): 40 1/4 x 32 3/8in. (102.2 x 82.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 42 x 32 3/4in. (106.7 x 83.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.247
DescriptionMap of the town of Bloomfield with East Granby and Windsor to the north, Windsor to the east, Hartford and West Hartford to the south, and Simsbury and Avon to the west. Street, streams, schools, cemeteries, and an industrial park are shown. Other prominent features include Penwood State Forest, Talcott Mountain, the Talcott Mountain Tunnel, and the Metropolitan District Water Treatment Plant at Reservoir 6. Flood control facilities include the Cold Spring Flood Water Retention Reservoir, the Tunxis Flood Water Retention Reservoir, the Wintonbury Flood Water Retention Reservoir, and the Blue Hills Flood Water Retention Reservoir, and associated retarding dams and protective dikes. An indexed key at the right locates Governmental Facilities, Educational Facilities, Recreational Facilities, Places of Interest, and includes a street index. A compass is at upper right.
Label TextAmong the notable features in this 1993 map of Bloomfield are the extensive areas given over to flood control. Four flood water retention reservoirs and their associated dams and dikes are located within the town. These were created in the late 1950s and early 1960s to control catastrophic flooding of the Park River, such as occurred in 1955. Bloomfield is also the location of a water purification plant, constructed by the Metropolitan District in 1968 at Reservoir 6 to supplement the filtration plant at Reservoir 1 in West Hartford. Together these two plants met the needs of Metropolitan District consumers for clean drinking water.
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1:12,000Status
Not on view
