Map of the vicinity of Niagara Falls : from actual surveys by Samuel Geil. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Map of the vicinity of Niagara Falls : from actual surveys by Samuel Geil.

Creator

  • Author: Geil, Samuel
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: S. Geil & J.L. Delp
    Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Date

  • Creation: 1853

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Map shows roads, railroads, landowners, tract numbers, marshes, vegetation, towns, and settlements around mid-nineteenth century Niagara Falls. Includes historic notes and illustrations. Insets: "View from Point View, American side," "Horse Show Fall," "Rail road suspension bridge at Belle Vue," "Observatories Lundys Lane," "View from the Ferry, American side," [untitled], "Oliver T. Mackleins Chippewa Foundry, Stove Work, etc.," "Brock's monument," "View from Hogs Back," "The Brock Monument," "Lewiston suspension bridge," "View of the whirlpool from the Canada side," and "View from Victoria Point, Canada side." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
  • Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 41 x 39 cm, on sheet 63 x 75 cm., folded in covers 17 x 12 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - United States - New York
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - Canada - Ontario
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Railroads
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Landowners -- Niagara River Valley (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Real property -- Niagara River Valley (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Niagara River Valley (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Roads -- Niagara River Valley (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Maps.

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Coverage Date: 1853
  • Place Name: United States - New York - Niagara County - Niagara Falls
  • Place Name: Canada - Ontario Province - Niagara Falls

Collection

  • Name: Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington
    Code: UTAM

Institution

  • Name: University of Texas at Arlington Library
    Code: UTA

Resource Type

  • Map

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 800462
  • OCLC: 824457062
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth298853

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationHardware: BetterLight Super8K
  • Display Note: Inside front cover: [table of] "Distances."
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