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Title: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1878 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2006-04
  • Coverage: 1878

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Plan of Cambridge, prepared by W.A. Mason & Son, engineers & surveyors. It was published by Greenough & Co. in 1878. Scale [ca. 1:10,560]. 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, public buildings, schools, churches, cemeteries, industry locations (e.g. mills, factories, mines, etc.), the location of the residences of prominent citizens, town and ward 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
  • Cambridge
  • Maps
  • Landowners
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure (Economics)
  • Bodies of water
  • Administrative and political divisions
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-71.168605, -71.062952, 42.409914, 42.336839)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-71.168605, -71.062952, 42.409914, 42.336839)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, W.A. Mason & Son. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1878 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-matwn-3764-c2-1878-w2

Format

GeoTIFF