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Title	Jewett City, Conn.
Creator	Burleigh, L. R. (Lucien R.), 1853?-1923. Burleigh Litho.
Place	Ashland Pond (Conn.) Jewett City (Conn.) Quinebaug River (Conn.)
Topic	Textile industry Church buildings
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Ashland Cotton Co
Genre	Bird's-eye views
Theme	Environment
Description	Bird's-eye view of a small industrial town located on the Quinebaug River. The large factory in the foreground is W.A. Slater's Jewett City Cotton Mills. The Ashland Cotton Co. Mills are beside Ashland Pond at the far right. Railroad tracks run along the river. Commercial buildings line Main Street. Houses with outbuildings and multiple family dwellings are located throughout the town. Churches include Methodist Episcopal, Congregational, Baptist, and Roman Catholic churches. A small cemetery is in a grassy field near the river. To the right, in the same field is what appears to be a baseball diamond. Trees dot the hills in the background.
Notes	Perspective map not drawn to scale. Drawn & Published by L.R. Burleigh, Troy, N.Y. 1889. The Burleigh Lith. Est., Troy, N.Y. Troy, NY : L.R. Burleigh, 1889.
Publisher	Troy, NY : L.R. Burleigh, 1889.
Physical format	1 print : lithograph ; 41 x 71 cm.
Identifier	Accession number: 1970.52.0 image/jp2 File name: chs_1970_52_0.jp2
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection of The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Birds eye views

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