City of Hartford Water Distribution System
Date1998
MediumLithography; black and colored printer's inks on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 32 1/8 x 29in. (81.6 x 73.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 32 3/4 x 29 3/4in. (83.2 x 75.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 32 3/4 x 29 3/4in. (83.2 x 75.6cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionMap of the city of Hartford with Bloomfield to the north, the Connecticut River to the east, Wethersfield and Newington to the south, and West Hartford to the west. Streets, interstate highways, highway interchanges, railroads, streams, and ponds are indicated. A Water Service Legend at lower right provides a key to hydrants, hydrants subject fo pumped pressure, gate valves (sixteen inch main or larger), MDC water mains (less than six inches in diameter, six to twenty-three inches in diameter, and twenty-four inches or larger in diameter), and private water mains. MDC water mains are shown in blue; private water mains are shown in red. Hydrants located on private water mains are not shown.
Object number2012.312.261
InscribedOn recto, left center, printed in black ink, "THE METROPOLITAN DISTICT / WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM / CITY OF / HARTFORD / CONNECTICUT / 1998:On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesCartographic Note: 1 inch equals 1000 feet
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