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City of New Haven, Conn. 1879.
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Title
City
of
New
Haven
,
Conn
.
1879
.
Creator
O.H. Bailey & Co.
Place
East Rock (Conn.)
New Haven (Conn.)
West Rock (Conn.)
Quinnipiac River (Conn.)
Mill River (New Haven, Conn.)
West River (New Haven, Conn.)
Topic
Waterfronts
Wharves
Topic-Organization, Vessel
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Yale College (1718-1887)
Genre
Bird's-eye views
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Description
Bird's-eye
view
of a
large
city
.
Three
churches
face
the
green
in the
center
of
town
. The
buildings
of
Yale
College
are
beyond
.
Commercial
buildings
and
houses
line
the
streets
.
Factories
include
the
Winchester
Repeating
Arms
Co
.,
Sargent
&
Co
.
(hardware
manufacturers)
, and
L
.
Candee
&
Co
.
Rubber
Works
. In the
foreground
are the
tracks
of the
New
York
,
New
Haven
and
Hartford
Railroad
, with
passenger
station
,
freight
yard
, and
round
house
.
Tracks
lead
to
Long
Wharf
, the
wharf
on
Canal
Dock
, and the
Steamboat
wharf
.
Sailing
vessels
and
steamboats
are in the
harbor
. The
steep
traprock
cliffs
of
West
Rock
are in the
left
background
, with the
village
of
Westville
at their
foot
. The
West
River
is
at the
far
left
. The
cliffs
of
East
Rock
are at the
far
right
, with the
Mill
River
flowing
beneath
them to
meet
the
Quinnipiac
River
in the
right
foreground
. The
Airline
Railroad
leads
off
toward
the
upper
right
.
Notes
Perspective
map
not
drawn
to
scale
.
Drawn
&
Pub
. by
O.H
.
Bailey
&
J.C
.
Hazen
,
Boston
Boston
:
O.H
.
Bailey
&
J.C
.
Hazen
,
1879
.
Publisher
Boston : O.H. Bailey & J.C. Hazen, 1879.
Physical format
1
print
:
lithograph
;
79
x
102
cm
.
Identifier
Accession
number
:
x.1986.137.0
image/jp2
chs_x_1986_137_0.jp2
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
of The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Sub-collection
Birds eye views
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