Title: Essex County, Massachusetts, 1856 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2009
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Walling, Henry Francis, 1825-1888.
- Smith & Morely.
- Bracher, Wm. (William)
- Worley, George.
- Hitchcock, Edward, 1828-1911.
Dates
- Issued: 2009-08
- Coverage: 1856
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A topographical map of Essex County, Massachusetts : based upon the trigonometrical survey of the state the details, from actual surveys under the direction of H.F. Walling, superintendent of state map ; engd. by Geo. Worley & Wm. Bracher. It was published by Smith and Morley in 1856. Scale [ca. 1:50,000]. This layer is image 4 of 4 total images, representing the northwest portion of the four sheet source map.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), private buildings with names of property owners, town and school district boundaries, and more. Relief shown by hachures. It includes many cadastral insets of individual county towns and villages. It also includes illustrations, business directories, and tables of statistics and distances.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.
Subjects
- Transportation
- Massachusetts
- Essex County
- Amesbury
- Andover
- Boxford
- Essex
- Georgetown
- Groveland
- Hamilton
- Haverhill
- Ipswich
- Lawrence
- Newbury
- Newburyport
- North Andover
- Merrimac
- Methuen
- Middleton
- Rowley
- Salisbury
- Topsfield
- Wenham
- West Newbury
- Maps
- Landowners
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Administrative and political divisions
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-71.363671, -70.750109, 42.934685, 42.597527)
- Geometry: BBOX (-71.363671, -70.750109, 42.934685, 42.597527)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Walling, Henry Francis, 1825-1888., Smith & Morely., Bracher, Wm. (William), Worley, George., Hitchcock, Edward, 1828-1911. Essex County, Massachusetts, 1856 (Image 4 of 4) (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g3763-e7-1856-w3-sh4
Format
GeoTIFF