Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2004.157.1 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Societ…

Map of Hartford Area, Connecticut

After a work byAfter a work by United States Geological Survey American, founded 1879

SurveyorGeology, groundwater conditions and forest boundaries by Arthur J. Ellis American, died 1921

PrinterPrinted by A. Hoen & Company American, founded 1848

PublisherPublished by United States Geological Survey American, founded 1879

Date1915

MediumLithography; black and colored printer's inks on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 22 1/8 x 19 3/8in. (56.2 x 49.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 25 x 21 1/8in. (63.5 x 53.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionMap of Hartford, Connecticut, and the surrounding area, from Windsor Locks to the north, the town line of Bolton and the Tolland County line to the east, Rocky Hill to the south, and Farmington and Simsbury to the west. Colors, lines and symbols are used to denote boulder clay or till, rock outcroppings, elevation, woods, ground water, dug or driven wells, drilled wells, and springs. There are numbers next to the wells and springs that correspond to numbers used in tables (not provided). Blue is used to denote water, including rivers, reservoirs, lakes and ponds. City streets are shown, with black squares and dots probably representing buildings. The New York, New Haven and Hartford; New England and Western; and New York and New England Railroads are shown.

Object number2004.157.1

InscribedRecto, top left, printed in black ink: "U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY / GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR"

Top right, printed in black ink: "WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 274 PLATE IX"

Bottom left, printed in black ink: "Base from Hartford, Granby, Meriden, Middletown, / Tolland, and Gilead U.S.G.S. topographic atlas sheets"

Bottom center, printed in black ink: "MAP OF HARTFORD AREA, CONNECTICUT / Showing rock outcrops, wooded areas, and ground-water conditions / Scale 1/62,5000 / Contour interval 20 feet / Datum is mean sea level / 1915"

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "A. HOEN & CO. BALTIMORE"

Bottom right, printed in black ink: "Geology, ground-water conditions, and / forest boundaries by A.J. Ellis"

Verso, top right, handwritten in pencil: "MAPS / Shelf / 98637 / Plate 9"
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1:62,500