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Plan showing proposed dam and flowage on the Quinebaug River, Killingly, Pomfret, and Putnam, Connecticut
Image Not Available for Plan showing proposed dam and flowage on the Quinebaug River, Killingly, Pomfret, and Putnam, Connecticut

Plan showing proposed dam and flowage on the Quinebaug River, Killingly, Pomfret, and Putnam, Connecticut

Surveyor (American, 1863 - 1953)
Date1907
MediumDrawing; ink and watercolor on drafting linen
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 30 x 70in. (76.2 x 177.8cm) Sheet (height x width): 34 x 74in. (86.4 x 188cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number2012.312.268
DescriptionMap of several plots of land along the Quinebaug River in Killingly, Pomfret, and Putnam, Connecticut. Owners include, in Killingly: George W. Butts, Chester E. Child, Thomas Dunn, J. W. and Ethelyn A. Atwood, and Gilbert Tracey; in Pomfret: Mrs. Horace Whipple and Fremont S. Bruce; in Putnam: A. E. Covill, Frank Hopkins, John A. Carpenter, Lawson Bowen, the Methodist Church of Putnam, the Roman Catholic Church of Putnam, J. B. Kent, David Clark, Partello, E. W. Wheaton, Sidney Heath, the Putnam Fair and Park Corporation, P. Foisey, Nelse Leclaire, W. Murray, and Peter Gardiner. The Consolidated Street Railroad and the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad are shown. Roads include Williamsville Road, Pomfret Road, and Attawaugan Road. The site of the proposed dam is indicated by a red line. The area that will be flooded is outlined in black and shaded with blue watercolor. A compass indicates that magnetic north is towards the upper right corner of the map.
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Label TextThis map is one of series of maps relating to a proposed dam on the Quinebaug River. The Danielson Cotton Company proposed building a dam in Pomfret in 1908, and these maps may relate to that project. They demonstrate the detailed work that went into determining the impact on area property owners of such a project. Some plots would have been almost entirely flooded. The dam was to be located between Killingly and Pomfret, but most of the property that would be affected would be upstream in Putnam.
NotesCartographic Note: 1 inch equals 300 feet
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Not on view
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