Davis Mills (Cotton Mill), Fall River, Mass. [insurance map]

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Davis Mills (Cotton Mill), Fall River, Mass. [insurance map]

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Title:
Davis Mills (Cotton Mill), Fall River, Mass. [insurance map]
Description:
Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. Davis Mills (Cotton Mill), Fall River, Mass. Boston, Mass.: Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies, 1920. Surveyed July 22, 1920. Surveyed by E. B. Tolman. 1 sheet. Includes plan of buildings (with dimensions), elevation views of individual buildings (with functions of building floors and rooms), isometric view of buildings, and surroundings. Also includes description of property, power and fuel, stock and product, and extensive description of existing water sources and fire protection resources. Includes side sketch showing details of pump construction (sketch scale 1:240, 1 in. = 20 ft.). Written on bottom edge of map: "File Under U.M. & M. M. Corp." Loose piece that was pasted over title reads: "Davis Mills Corporation, (Bldg.) 'Davis No.1 & No. 2' 'Midland Print Division,' Fall River, Mass." Serial number 13980 (original tracing), replaces 8641. Index number 14278. Scale 1:720, 1 in. = 60 ft. 53 x 67.5 cm. This map is colored and has numerous pieces pasted over parts of the map, presumably changes after 1920. See 1994.91.442.2 for an unaltered and uncolored view of the same map from 1920. (OCLC)
Author:
Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies
Date:
1920
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Fire insurance maps
Location:
American Textile History Museum
Collection (local):
Osborne Library
Subjects:
Cotton manufacture
Textile factories
Fire risk assessment
Insurance surveys
Davis Mills Corporation
Places:
Bristol (county) > Fall River
Extent:
1 sheet : col. map ; 68 x 53 cm
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Place of origin:
Boston, Mass.
Language:
English
Notes (ownership):
The American Textile History Museum closed in 2016. This item has been transferred to the Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine.
Notes (object):
Condition: Good to Fair - some residue from pieces pasted on
Accession #:
1994.91.442.1