Textile Warehouse Co. Inc., Beacon Mfg. Company, Tenant, New Bedford, Mass. [insurance map]

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Title:
Textile Warehouse Co. Inc., Beacon Mfg. Company, Tenant, New Bedford, Mass. [insurance map]
Description:
Associated Mutual Insurance Companies. Textile Warehouse Co. Inc., Beacon Mfg. Company, Tenant, New Bedford, Mass. [this title pasted over original title which cannot be read; original title possibly Beacon Manufacturing Co. (Cotton Mill), New Bedford, Mass.]. Boston, Mass.: Associated Mutual Insurance Companies, 1922. Surveyed June 3, 1922. Surveyed by H. I. Hunt. 1 sheet. Includes plan of buildings (with dimensions), elevation views of individual buildings (with functions of building floors and rooms), and surroundings. Most of the plan and most of the elevation views have been covered over with blank paper. Also includes description of property, power and fuel, stock and product, and extensive description of existing water sources and fire protection resources. Lacks isometric view of buildings. Pencilled in lower right-hand corner: "canc 1-16-53." Serial number 15132, replaces 13402 (original tracing). Index number 14054. Scale 1:720, 1 in. = 60 ft. 53 x 66 cm. (OCLC)
Author:
Associated Mutual Insurance Companies
Date:
1922
Format:
Maps
Genre:
Fire insurance maps
Location:
American Textile History Museum
Collection (local):
Osborne Library
Subjects:
Cotton--Storage
Textile factories
Fire risk assessment
Insurance surveys
Textile Warehouse Co.
Beacon Manufacturing Co.
Places:
Bristol (county) > New Bedford
Extent:
1 sheet : map ; 66 x 53 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ww72bz33r
Terms of Use:
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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: Poor - many areas pasted over; many tears repaired with scotch tape
Accession #:
0000.1506.90

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