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Title: Eastern Point, East Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1888 (Raster Image)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2006-04
  • Coverage: 1888

Publishers

  • Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Lands of The Eastern Point Associates, East Gloucester, Mass., [by] William H. Foss, engr. and supt. It was published by Forbes Co., Mar. 1st, 1888. Scale [ca. 1:3,550]. Cadastral map showing roads, property lot numbers, dimensions, and areas. Covers Eastern Point and part of East Gloucester, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Relief is shown by hachures. It includes two vignettes. 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 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

  • Massachusetts
  • Gloucester
  • East Gloucester
  • Eastern Point
  • Maps
  • Human settlements
  • Cities and towns
  • Villages
  • Real property
  • Bodies of water
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • planningCadastre
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-70.671616, -70.637184, 42.605121, 42.573309)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-70.671616, -70.637184, 42.605121, 42.573309)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Foss, William H. Eastern Point, East Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1888 (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-matwn-3764-g4g46-1888-f6

Format

GeoTIFF