Title: Worcester, Massachusetts, 1851 (Raster Image)
- Raster data
- 2013
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
- Walling, Henry Francis, 1825-1888.
- Lazell, Warren, 1802-1875.
Dates
- Issued: 2013-10
- Coverage: 1851
Publishers
- Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library
Summary
This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the city of Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, from original surveys by H.F. Walling. It was published by Warren Lazell. Scale 1:3,950.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) coordinate system. 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.), selected private buildings with names of property owners, town and district boundaries, and more.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.
Subjects
- Transportation
- Massachusetts
- Worcester
- Maps
- Human settlements
- Cities and towns
- Villages
- Landforms
- Bodies of water
- Land use
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Landowners
- Real property
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-71.821776, -71.783308, 42.280893, 42.247021)
- Geometry: BBOX (-71.821776, -71.783308, 42.280893, 42.247021)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Walling, Henry Francis, 1825-1888., Lazell, Warren, 1802-1875. Worcester, Massachusetts, 1851 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-g3764-w9-1851-w3
Format
GeoTIFF