Title: Brighton and Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, 1873 (Image 2 of 2) (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2006
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2006-05
- Coverage: 1873
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of the town of Brighton, by Henry M. Wightman, William Jackson, civil engineers ; Wm. M. Coombs, del. It was printed by A. Meisel in 1873. Scale [1:3,600]. This layer is image 2 of 2 total images, representing the western portion of the two sheet source map. Covers the populated places: Brighton and Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. 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, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, selected public buildings, cemeteries, city boundaries, and more. 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
- Brighton
- Allston
- Boston
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Bodies of water
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-71.185952, -71.129139, 42.371534, 42.325059)
- Geometry: BBOX (-71.185952, -71.129139, 42.371534, 42.325059)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Wightman, H. M., Jackson, William, 1848-. Brighton and Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, 1873 (Image 2 of 2) (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-matwn-3764-b6-2b7-1873-w5-2
Format
GeoTIFF