Town of Rocky Hill. Connecticut
MakerPrepared by the
Metropolitan District Commission
(American, founded 1929)
Date1976
MediumLithography; black and colored printer's inks on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 23 3/4 x 31 3/4in. (60.3 x 80.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 24 3/4 x 32 3/4in. (62.9 x 83.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number1988.215.0
DescriptionMap of the town of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, with Wethersfield to the north, the Connecticut River and Glastonbury to the east, Cromwell to the south, and Berlin and Newington to the west. The Metropolitan District Commission Water Pollution Control Facility is in the northeast part of town. The Vexation Hill Water Storage Tank is in the northwest part of town. Other prominent features include Dinosaur State Park, Rose Hill Memorial Park, the Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry, and the Veterans Hospital. Streets, railroads, streams, and ponds are shown. Interstate 91 and proposed Interstate 291 figure prominently, with a large highway interchange in the northern part of town. A scale of miles and the Rocky Hill seal are at the lower right. A street index and a key to schools, libraries, educational facilities, recreational facilities, cultural and historic sites, and govermment offices and facilities are upper left.
Label TextRocky Hill was not part of the orignal area served by the MDC, but voted to join in the 1943. The Rocky Hill Water Pollution Control Facility, which appears on this map, was completed in 1958 for the treatment of raw sewage. The most striking feature of the map, however, is the massive highway interchange in the northern part of town, where Interstate 91 intersects with Interstate 291, a proposed beltway that would circle Hartford. Many citizens of Rocky Hill opposed plans for this new highway, and Rocky Hill councilmen proposed an environmental study to determine the highway's impact on their town. Plans for the belway were abandoned in 1979. Only the northeastern arc of I-291 from Windsor to Manchester was ever built.
NotesCartographic Note: One inch equals 1000 feetStatus
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