Warehouse Point, East Windsor
PublisherPublished by
East Windsor Historical Society
American, founded 1965
Date1966
MediumLithography; black and blue printer's ink on plastic-coated paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 10 x 16 3/4in. (25.4 x 42.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 1/2 x 17 1/2in. (29.2 x 44.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 1/2 x 17 1/2in. (29.2 x 44.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionPlacemat map of Warehouse Point in East Windsor, Connecticut, from the town line of Enfield to the north and the Connecticut River to the west. Owned land is denoted with solid boundary lines and labeled with the owner's name and a rectangle representing a building. Below the map to the right is a business reference list. Smaller maps of Windsorville, Broad Brook and District 9 are also shown, with similar indications of property ownership. There is a list of business references for Broad Brook. On the right side of the map are three photographs, one of the Scantic covered bridge and Osborn's Mill Dam, one of the Melrose trolley trestle and railroad station, and the other of the Windsorville Hotel and Louis Smith's meat cart.
Object number1992.142.2
MarkingsVerso, top left corner, printed in black ink on sticker: "MAPS / Box / 208b"Center, stamped in blue ink: "CtHi"InscribedRecto, top left, printed in black ink: "WAREHOUSE POINT / (EAST WINDSOR"
Top center, printed in black ink: "WINDSORVILLE / (EAST WINDSOR)"
Center, printed in black ink: "The East Windsor Historical Society, Inc. / EAST WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT / Organized and Incorporated 1965 / MAP ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 1869 / Reprinted 1966"
Center, printed in black ink: "BROAD BROOK / (EAST WINDSOR)"
Bottom, printed in black ink: "District No. 9"
Top right, printed in black ink: "SCANTIC COVERED BRIDGE and Osborn's Mill Dam in 1906. / Scantic Bridge 1842-1928"
Right center, printed in black ink: "MELROSE TROLLEY TRESTLE and Railroad Station in 1906."
Bottom right, printed in black ink: "WINDSORVILLE HOTEL, burn 1889; Louis Smith, meat cart"
Verso, center, handwritten in pencil: "90992"
NotesCartographic Note: 1 inch equals 30 rods
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- Maps and Charts: Finding Your Place in Connecticut History
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