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Source Description
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
1257bb29d
label
Plan of lands on the Back Bay belonging to the Boston Water Power Co., the Commonwealth and other parthies [i.e. parties], showing the system of streets, grades and sewers as laid out and recommended by the Back Bay Commissioners
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
1257bb29d
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan of lands on the Back Bay belonging to the Boston Water Power Co., the Commonwealth and other parthies [i.e. parties], showing the system of streets, grades and sewers as laid out and recommended by the Back Bay Commissioners
description
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
date
["1864"]
year
1864
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_005100
creators
Back Bay (Boston (Mass.). Commissioners
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston Water Power Company--Maps
Real property--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Back Bay (Boston, Mass.)--Maps
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
Back Bay (Boston, Mass.)
subjectsGeographic
Back Bay
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Boston]
publisher
A. Meisel, lith.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
citySection
Back Bay
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.0833
extent
1 map ; 67 x 129 cm.
notes
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
"This plan also includes portions of the adjacent territory in the cities of Boston and Roxbury and in the Town of Brookline."
Shows radial distances fom City Hall.
Partial cadastral map showing some property owners.
"Dec. 6th, 1864."
"Plan no. 1."
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no
dcId
1257bb29d
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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a796b38206cc15f0