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Map Showing Topography in Salmon Brook Valley

SurveyorSurveyed by William E. Johnson American, 1867 - 1937

SurveyorSurveyed by Ermon M. Peck American, 1870 - 1968

MakerMade for the Hartford Water Company American, founded 1851

Date1898

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

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 43 1/4 x 52in. (109.9 x 132.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 45 1/2 x 55in. (115.6 x 139.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionTopgraphical map of the Salmon Brook Valley in Granby, Connecticut, with the names of property owners. These names include Alonzo Edgerton, George Smith, S. F. Holcomb, Asa H. Case,the estate of H. L. Wilcox, B. B. Messenger, Fred Zepp, Charles B. Case, Allison Holcomb, Robert Holcomb, M. P. Mularky, Henry C. Reed, Allen Howard, and C. A. Green. Buildings include houses, barns, tobacco barns, a horse barn, cider mills, and brandy distilleries. Elevation is shown by contour intervals. A compass rose is at upper right.

Object number1970.27.17

MarkingsOn verso, upper right, stamped in black ink, "500-22"

Upper left, stamped in black ink, "500-22"

Lower right, stamped in black ink, "500-22"; stamped in blue ink, "CtHi"

Lower left, stamped in black ink, "500-22"; stamped in blue ink, "CtHi" "CtHi" "CtHi"InscribedOn recto, upper right, in black ink, "MAP SHOWING TOPOGRAPHY / IN Salmon Brook Valley, / VICINITY OF Barn Door Hills. / HARTFORD WATER WORKS. / GRANBY, CONN. / From Surveys in the Winter of 1897-1898 / Scale 200 feet = 1 inch. / Test pits are marked thus [small blue circle] / W. E. Johnson Engineer / E. M. Peck Assistant"

Lower left, in black ink, "PROFILE ON LINE A-B / Horizontal Scale, 200 ft - 1 in. / Vertical Scale, 20 ft = 1 in."

On verso, lower right, in blue pencil, "Topographical Map"; in black ink, "088129" "1970-27-17"

Lower right, in black ink, "acc 088129" "1970-27-17"NotesCartographic Note: One inch equals 200 feet

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