Name
Viele, Egbert L. 1825-1902
Real Estate Board of New York
Title
Topographical map of the City of New York showing original water courses and made land
Other Titles
Topography and hydrology of the city of New York
Collection Name
Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection
Subjects
Rivers--New York (State)--New York--Maps.; Ponds--New York (State)--New York--Maps.; Wetlands--New York (State)--New York--Maps.; Fills (Earthwork)--New York (State)--New York--Maps.; Storm sewers--New York (State)--New York--Maps.; Piers--New York (State)--New York--Maps.; Reservoirs--New York (State)--New York--Maps.; Aqueducts--New York (State)--New York--Maps.; Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps.; Ward's Island (New York, N.Y.)--Maps.; Randalls Island (N.Y.)--Maps.; Croton Aqueduct (N.Y.)--Maps.
Format
maps
Genre
maps
Publication Information
Ferd. Mayer & Co. lith: New York
Date
c1865
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 45 x 176 cm., on sheet 50 x 160 cm.
Note
Ground characteristics map. Covers Manhattan, Roosevelt Island, Ward's Island and Randall's Island, New York (N.Y.). Shows streams, ponds and wetlands, reservoirs and landfill. Also shows location of piers, streets, aqueduct and sewers
Shows relief by hachures and gradient tints on main map, by cross-sectional map profile on ancillary maps
Date of situation 1864
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 ...
Includes color key
Includes three ancillary map profiles: "Section across Central Park, Section from 50th Street to Brooklyn Heights, Section from Hoboken to Brooklyn."
Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: mounted on linen and folded in cover 24 x 16 cm
Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Stamped as Real Estate Board of New York
Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University
Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Has Seymour B. Durst's bookplate
Catalog Record
10504458
Also In
Seymour B. Durst Old York Library
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8CF9TMB