Profile and Map of Projected Street, West Winsted
SurveyorSurveyed by
Lewis G. Schrack
American, 1846 - 1914
DraftsmanDrawn by
Lewis G. Schrack
American, 1846 - 1914
Date1871
MediumDrawing; black, red and blue ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 7/8 x 19 7/8in. (32.7 x 50.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 7/8 x 21in. (35.2 x 53.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 7/8 x 21in. (35.2 x 53.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionMap of West Winsted, Connecticut, depicting the outline and profile of Boyd Street, a new road. To the north is John Street; the east, Meadow Street; the south, Long Lake; and the west, the road to Winchester Centre. The Connecticut Western Railroad runs north-south, parallel to Meadow Street. Buildings are depicted as black rectangles, and only some of them are labeled: the boat shop, the ice house, Empire Knife Company, Beardsley Scythe's factory and office, W.M. Company's grinding shop, a building owned or occupied by T. Hulbert, the Red Hoe Shop and the Winsted Hoe Company. The name S.A. Hubbard also appears on the map near the projected street.
Object number2012.312.34
MarkingsVerso, center, stamped in blue ink: "CtHi"InscribedRecto, left side, handwritten in black ink: "Profile and Map / of / Project Street / West Winsted."Left side, handwritten in blue ink: "New Street scale of 200 ft to an inch"
Bottom left corner, handwritten in black ink: "Apr. 1871"
Bottom right corner, handwritten in black ink: "L.G. Schrack, C.E."
Verso, bottom left, handwritten in pencil: "MAP Box / 97"
Bottom right, handwritten in pencil: "Map Box #97"NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 200 feet.
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- Maps and Charts: Finding Your Place in Connecticut History
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