Map of the Morris Canal through Newark, N.J., surveyed 1892 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Manuscript Map, English, 1892

Genre:Maps

Physical Description:1 map on 4 sheets : color ; 147 x <1,614> cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:493455591

Contents:

sheet [2]. Tracts 88-123 (147 x 553 cm.)

sheet [3]. Tracts 123-138, New Street to Fifth Avenue (147 x 363 cm.)

sheet [4]. Tracts 138-158, Fifth Avenue to city line (147 x 698 cm.)

Notes:

Manuscript

NJ STATE LIBRARY lacks sheet [1], presumably tracts 1-88

Includes property lines and names of property owners along Canal banks and identifies various businesses and public buildings

Canal shown in blue

Includes explanatory "References" e.g.: All courses are referred to the true meridian ...; All distances ... are as per city maps in City Surveyor's Office; Courses along streets are as computed by Peter Witzel ... city surveyor, Newark; Tract numbers in red in bed of Canal ... are numbered as per "Weir maps."

Includes some additions in pencil

At the time this map was made ownership of the canal had passed from the Morris Canal and Banking Company to the e Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

Cartographic Mathematical Data:Scale [ca. 1:600]. 1 in. = 50 ft.