United States Rubber Co. (Fisk Cord Mills), New Bedford, Mass. [insurance map]

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United States Rubber Co. (Fisk Cord Mills), New Bedford, Mass. [insurance map]

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Title:
United States Rubber Co. (Fisk Cord Mills), New Bedford, Mass. [insurance map]
Description:
Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. United States Rubber Co. (Fisk Cord Mills), New Bedford, Mass. Boston, Mass.: Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies, 1940. Surveyed June 8, 1940. Surveyed by E. B. Gerry; traced by B. Stockbridge. 1 sheet. Includes plan of buildings (with dimensions), elevation views of individual buildings (with functions of building floors and rooms), and surroundings, including some dwellings. Also includes description of property, power, stock and product, and existing water sources and fire protection resources. Includes side sketch showing Suction Line to Wells & Cob Ho. (sketch scale 1:2400, 1 in. = 200 ft.). Lacks isometric view of buildings. Upated information pasted onto original map dated 3-52. Pencilled in lower right-hand corner: "Cancelled Feb 1954." Serial number 29874, partly replaces 13030. Index number 14161. Scale 1:720, 1 in. = 60 ft. 67.5 x 53 cm. (OCLC)
Author:
Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies
Date:
1940
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
United States Rubber Company
Places:
Bristol (county) > New Bedford
Extent:
1 sheet : map ; 53 x 68 cm
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Place of origin:
Boston, Mass.
Language:
English
Notes:
Plant manufactured cotton tire cords and fine yarns.
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: Fair to Good - numerous tape repairs; all four edges reinforced with tape
Accession #:
0000.1506.127