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Source Description
Map of West Island and Sconticut Neck on Buzzards Bay, based on an 1845 chart by the U.S. Coast Survey and privately printed around 1885 for real estate magnate Horace S. Crowell, who purchased West Island along with Wing's Neck, Nye's Point, Great Island, and Charles' Neck in 1885.
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Document identity
localId
hm50xz78m
label
West Island and vicinity, Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
hm50xz78m
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
West Island and vicinity, Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
description
Map of West Island and Sconticut Neck on Buzzards Bay, based on an 1845 chart by the U.S. Coast Survey and privately printed around 1885 for real estate magnate Horace S. Crowell, who purchased West Island along with Wing's Neck, Nye's Point, Great Island, and Charles' Neck in 1885.
date
["[ca. 1885]"]
year
1885
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_018741
creators
Boutelle, C. O. (Charles Otis)
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Heliotype Printing Co.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
West Island (Mass.)--Maps
Fairhaven (Mass.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Bristol (county)
Fairhaven
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
West Island
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Bristol
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
Heliotype Printing Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z223t
schema:latitude
41.6
schema:longitude
-70.8167
extent
1 map : hand colored ; 71 x 55 cm
notes
Shows buildings, property boundaries, and land cover.
Inset: [Map of the surrounding area].
Scale given on map as 1:10,000, but map is printed at approximately 1:10,500.
Above title: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, J.E. Hilgard, Supt.
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no
dcId
hm50xz78m
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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dcbd0b383fe9f167