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Bailey published a view of Watertown using a format and style similar to the Newton view. However, he changed the orientation and depicted the town from the south (or Newton) side, looking north. Watertown and Newton shared a similar geographical location in relation to Boston, but this view shows that Watertowns economy was more diversified with its own industrial base. The legend identifies eighteen important structures, including two factories, a stock yard, two banks, two hotels, a railroad station, five churches, and a number of public buildings. The two factories, located on the Charles River, are prominently positioned in the center foreground. They manufactured cast iron stoves (Walker, Pratt Manufacturing Company) and paper (Hollingsworth and Whitney). The stock yard is also prominently displayed at the right side of the drawing. Strangely, the Watertown Arsenal, located just east (right) of the stock yard, is not included. The arsenal was a major U.S. Army installation for the storage and manufacture of munitions from 1816 to 1968. The only hint of its existence is the street named Arsenal Road running by the stock yard.
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x633fc54w
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View of Watertown, Mass
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
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x633fc54w
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map
stage
normalized
title
View of Watertown, Mass
description
Bailey published a view of Watertown using a format and style similar to the Newton view. However, he changed the orientation and depicted the town from the south (or Newton) side, looking north. Watertown and Newton shared a similar geographical location in relation to Boston, but this view shows that Watertowns economy was more diversified with its own industrial base. The legend identifies eighteen important structures, including two factories, a stock yard, two banks, two hotels, a railroad station, five churches, and a number of public buildings. The two factories, located on the Charles River, are prominently positioned in the center foreground. They manufactured cast iron stoves (Walker, Pratt Manufacturing Company) and paper (Hollingsworth and Whitney). The stock yard is also prominently displayed at the right side of the drawing. Strangely, the Watertown Arsenal, located just east (right) of the stock yard, is not included. The arsenal was a major U.S. Army installation for the storage and manufacture of munitions from 1816 to 1968. The only hint of its existence is the street named Arsenal Road running by the stock yard.
date
["1879"]
year
1879
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_001826
creators
O.H. Bailey & Co
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Watertown (Mass.)--Aerial views
subjectsGeographic
Massachusetts
Middlesex (county)
North and Central America
United States
Watertown
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
Still image
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Middlesex
city
Watertown
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
O.H. Bailey & Co.
Source extras
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sf268508b
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9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.3667
schema:longitude
-71.1833
extent
1 view ; 43 x 65 cm., on sheet 56 x 71 cm.
notes
Bird's-eye view.
Includes index to points of interest and ancillary views of "Residence of Leonard Whitney" and "Hollingsworth & Whitney."
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no
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x633fc54w
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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a480bb20b06f58a5