Map of the City of Hartford
MakerPrepared by
Engineering Department (Hartford, Conn.)
American, founded 1907
Date1956
MediumCyanotype; blueprint on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 26 1/2 x 37 1/4in. (67.3 x 94.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 28 1/2 x 42 1/2in. (72.4 x 108cm)
Sheet (height x width): 28 1/2 x 42 1/2in. (72.4 x 108cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionMap of the city of Hartford with West Hartford to the west, Bloomfield and Windsor to the north, the Connecticut River to the east, and Wethersfield to the south. Streets, highways, rivers, ponds, and parks are shown. Small circles indicate trees. Brainard Field and the Metropolitan Distict Sewage Treatment Plant are at lower left. The city is divided into enumeration districts and the districts are numbered. Some numbers are crossed out. Numbers HA-1 to HA-40D are in circles. A scale of miles and a compass pointing to true north and magnetic north are at lower center. The map is oriented with north at the right.
Object number2012.312.265
InscribedOn recto, lower center, in blueprint, "PREPARED BY / DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING / HARTOFRD / HARTFORD CO. CONN. / 1956."NotesCartographic Note: 1 1/8 inches equals 1000 feetCollections
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