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Map Showing Location of Proposed Canal

SurveyorSurveyed by Seth E. Marsh American, about 1823 - 1878

SurveyorSurveyed by Henry W. Ayres American, 1848 - 1912

Date1876

MediumDrawing; black, blue, and red ink on wove paper on fabric

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 32 3/4 x 60 1/4in. (83.2 x 153cm)
Sheet (height x width): 36 x 63 3/4in. (91.4 x 161.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionMap of a portion of West Hartford and Hartford with Reservoir No. 1 and the south branch of Trout Brook at the upper right and New Britain Road (New Britain Avenue) at the lower left. Property of Mrs. Flagg, E. Hawley, S. Seymour, M. Long, John Long, Geo. Woodruff, Sam. Colt, Scovill, Frank Woodruff, and Allonzo Collins lies along the route of the proposed canal. A house, a stock barn, chicken coop, ice house, and dairy are apparently on the Colt property. The canal also crosses Middle Road and South Road.

Object number1970.27.15

MarkingsOn verso, lower left, stamped in black ink, "74"

Lower right, stamped in black ink, "74 64"; stamped in blue, "CtHi"

Upper right, stamped in blue ink, "CtHi"

Upper left, stamped in black ink, "74-64"InscribedOn recto, upper left, in black ink, "Map / SHOWING LOCATION OF / PROPOSED CANAL / Hartford Water Works / From Surveys in Nov. 1876 / BY / SETH E. MARSH C.E. H. W. AYRES C.E. Asst. / Scale 200 feet = 1 inch"; lower right, in black ink, "Colored lines show vertical distances of 5 feet"

On verso, lower left, in pencil, "Cadwall {?] res. canal &c"

Lower right, in pencil, "Cadwall [?] res. canal &c"; in black ink, "acc 088127" "1970-27-15"

Upper right, in black ink, "1970-27-15" "acc 088127"; in pencil, "74 64"NotesCartographic Note: One inch equals 200 feet

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