Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2012.312.27 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Socie…

Old Tramping Ground

DraftsmanDrawn by Amasa Clark Hall American, 1877 - 1922

Date1908

MediumBlueprint; cyanotype on paper, mounted on cardboard

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/2 x 13 1/2in. (21.6 x 34.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 1/2 x 13 1/2in. (21.6 x 34.3cm)
Mount (height x width): 8 1/2 x 13 1/2in. (21.6 x 34.3cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionBlueprint map of West Hartford and Farmington, Connecticut, oriented east-west and featuring the Farmington River, West Hartford reservoirs 1-6, railroads and roads. The railroads include the New England Division, the Northampton Division (of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad), the New Hartford Branch (of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad) and the Farmington Street Railway. Concentric circles radiate out in one-mile increments from West Hartford. To the left is a "Points of Interest" list, containing eleven numbered landmarks, the locations of which have been marked on the map. Most of the features on the list are natural - Hospital Rock, Will Warren's Den, Pinnacle Rock, and more - with the remaining few being man-made towers and aqueducts.

Object number2012.312.27

MarkingsRecto, top left, printed in black ink on sticker: "MAP BOX / #71"InscribedRecto, top right, in white: "OLD TRAMPING GROUND / Scale 1" = 1 mile Mar. 26-1908 / A.C. Hall"

Left, in white: "POINTS OF INTEREST. / 1 Hospital Rock / 2 Will Warren's Den / 3 Aqueduct / 4 Killkenny or Short Rocks / 5 Stone Finger / 6 Site of Old Tower (Private) / 7 Cave / 8 Pinnacle Rock / 9 Mt. Soracte / 10 Mountain Grove / 11 Split Rock"

Verso, top left, handwritten in black ink: "West Hartford & Avon"

Top right, handwritten in blue ink: "Map / Box / #71"NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 1 mile

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