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Washington Mills, Lawrence, Mass. [insurance map]

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Title:
Washington Mills, Lawrence, Mass. [insurance map]
Description:
Barlow’s Insurance Surveys. Washington Mills, Lawrence, Mass. No. 3795. New York: Barlow’s Insurance Surveys, July and revisited November 1875 (date surveyed). Owned by company. Wool and cotton mill. 2 text pages; map separate. Includes color isometric view and floor plan map of property. Also includes description of property, special features, fire appliances, and character of risk. Appears to have previously been part of a bound volume. Lacks title page. See 0000.2.9362 for a later survey of this same property. 26 x 32 cm. (text); 59.5 x 49 cm. (map) (OCLC)
Author:
Barlow's Insurance Surveys
Date:
July 1875–November 1875
Format:
Maps
Genre:
Collotypes
Fire insurance maps
Location:
American Textile History Museum
Collection (local):
Osborne Library
Subjects:
Cotton manufacture
Textile factories
Fire risk assessment
Insurance surveys
Woolen and worsted manufacture
Washington Mills (Lawrence, Mass.)
Places:
Essex (county) > Lawrence
Extent:
2 p. ; 32 x 26 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/4j03db68f
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Place of origin:
[New York]
Language:
English
Notes:
Barlow's Insurance Surveys consisted of John Milton Bancroft and Nelson Barlow.
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 (citation):
Indexes: ATHM has index by place. Original Barlow indexes by place and number available. Harvard (Baker Library) has index by name and number. NMAH collection indexed by place. New York State Library collection available on microfilm with listing.
Notes (object):
Condition: Fair
Accession #:
0000.2.3795

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