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Topographical atlas of the City of New York : including the annexed territory : Showing original water courses and made land / prepared under the direction of Egbert L. Viele, Civil and Topographical Engineer ; Eugene Quackenbush, C.E.
Engineer
Viele, Egbert L. (Egbert Ludovicus), 1825-1902
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Format
Map
Language
English
Published/Created
[New York] : Julius Bien, photo lith., 1874.
Description
Scale approximately 1:12,000. 1000 feet to 1 inch (W 74°01ʹ20ʺ--W 73°54ʹ20ʺ/N 40°52ʹ20ʺ--N 40°42ʹ00ʺ).
1 map on 5 sheets : color ; 65 x 236 cm, sheets 72 x 57 cm
Details
Subject(s)
City blocks
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New York (State)
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New York
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Maps
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19th century
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Rivers
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New York (State)
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New York
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Maps
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Ponds
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New York (State)
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New York
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Maps
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Wetlands
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New York (State)
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New York
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Maps
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Fills (Earthwork)
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New York (State)
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New York
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Maps
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Railroads
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New York (State)
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New York
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Maps
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Piers
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New York (State)
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New York
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Maps
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Reservoirs
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New York (State)
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New York
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Maps
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Buildings
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New York (State)
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New York
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Maps
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New York (N.Y.)
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Maps
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Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
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Maps
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Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
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Maps
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Randalls Island (N.Y.)
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Maps
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Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.)
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Maps
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Lithographer
Julius Bien & Co.
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Bien, Julius, 1826-1909
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Engineer
Quackenbush, Eugene, 1847-1927
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Cartographer
Quackenbush, Eugene, 1847-1927
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Topographic maps
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Getty AAT genre
topographic maps
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Notes
Ground characteristics map. Covers Manhattan and the Bronx, Roosevelt Island, Ward's Island and Randall's Island in New York city. Shows streams, ponds and wetlands, reservoirs and landfill. Also shows location of piers, streets and railroad lines. Also shows buildings.
Shows relief throughout by hachures and gradient tints. Also shows relief on ancillary map profiles.
Supplementary statements of responsibility at lower left and right of map.
Publisher inferred by cataloger from statement of responsibility.
Printer's ink on paper.
Includes color key.
Sheets numbered at upper right.
Includes three ancillary maps: "Section across Central Park, Section from 50th Street to Brooklyn Heights, Section from Hoboken to Brooklyn."
References
Stokes, I.N. Phelps. Iconography of Manhattan Island. NY: Dodd, 1928, v. 3, p. 777-778 and pl. 155
Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn. Manhattan in Maps. NY: Rizzoli, c1997, p. 137ff.
OCLC
55214150
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