Town of Newington Sanitary Sewer System
MakerPrepared by
Metropolitan District Commission
(American, founded 1929)
Date1998
MediumLithography; black and colored printer's inks on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 29 1/2 x 23in. (74.9 x 58.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 30 x 24in. (76.2 x 61cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.251
DescriptionMap of the town of Newington, Connecticut with West Hartford and Hartford to the north, Wethersfield and Rocky Hill to the east, Berlin to the south, and New Britain and Farmington to the west. Streets, railroads, streams, and ponds are shown with sewer lines indicated in red. A Sanitary Sewer Legend at lower right provides a key to sewers six to twenty-three inches in diameter, sewers twenty-four inches or large in diameter, force mains, manholes, pump stations, and pump station service areas. A key to Newington streets is at upper right. Sewers to the north are tributary to the Hartford Water Pollution Control Facility. Sewers to the west and south are tributary to the Mattabessett Water Pollution Control Facility. Sewers to the east are tributary to the Rocky Hill Water Pollution Control Facility.
Label TextThis tidy map of Newington's sanitary sewer system indicates the size of the sewers and shows how they interconnected, but it does not show when they were actually constructed or what kind of condition they were in. In 1998, the same year this map was issued, the Metropolitan District Commission began a study of the system that showed that much of it had been constructed in the 1920s. The aging system was experiencing leaks in old cracked pipes, causing backups intobasement and street flooding during heavy rains.
NotesCartographic Note: 1 inch equals 1000 feetStatus
Not on view
