Map of the Survey for a Canal Route for Manufacturing Purposes from the Head of Enfield Falls to Hartford
DraftsmanDrawn by
Philander Anderson
(1810 - 1853)
PrinterPrinted by
Colton & Colburn
(American, 1840 - 1848)
Date1847
MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/8 x 24 7/8in. (18.1 x 63.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 1/4 x 26 1/4in. (21 x 66.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Frank F. Starr
Object number1894.24.1
DescriptionMap of the Connecticut River and adjoining areas showing a proposed canal from Windsor Locks to Hartford. The map is oriented with south on the left and north on the right; this is indicated by two compasses. Towns shown include Hartford, East Hartford, Windsor, South Windsor, Windsor Locks, and Warehouse Point. In addition to the Connecticut River, the Mill (Park) River, the Farmington River, Pine Meadow Brook, Haskell's Brook, and Pease's Brook. Other geographical features include King's Island, Stoney Hill. and the Enfield Falls or Rapids. The New Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad is shown, with depots at Hartford, Windsor, Windsor Locks and Warehouse Point. Also shown are the Enfield bridge, the Hartford covered bridge, a railroad bridge, a proposed dam, a proposed reservoir, Carleton's Basin, Perse & Brooks paper mill, Slate & Brown's machine shop, Ripley's iron works, silk factory, and wire factory. Two large mill proposed mill complexes are indicated in Hartford and Windsor.
Label TextEarly in 1847, local businessmen were very excited about a project for an industrial canal that would run from the Enfield rapids at the Connecticut River and provide waterpower for factoies in Hartford and Windsor. This map by engineer Philander Anderson, shows huge mill complexes at the mouth of the Farmington River and in Hartford's North Meadows. The project may have proved impractical since neither the canal nor the mills were ever built and nothing more is heard of the plan.
NotesCartographic Note: No scaleStatus
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