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Plan for the drainage of that part of the city of Brooklyn which empties its water into Gowanus Creek & Bay

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Title
Plan for the drainage of that part of the city of Brooklyn which empties its water into Gowanus Creek & Bay
Names
Richards, Daniel (Author)
Day, Willard (Surveyor)
Miller & Co. (Lithographer)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

Brooklyn

Dates / Origin
Place: Brooklyn? :
Publisher: City Corporation?,
Date Issued: 1848
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-1886 [Filed with Brooklyn. Related work in Map Div. 01-1887]
Topics
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps
Canals -- New York (State) -- New York
Drainage -- New York (State) -- New York
Gowanus Canal (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Issued with Daniel Richards's Report of the Street Committee of the Common Council on the drainage of that part of the city lying between Court-Street and the Fifth Avenue, Warren-Street and Gowanus Bay.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Relief shown by spot heights.
Statement of responsibility: by Daniel Richards, Oct. 1848 ; Willard Day, city surveyor.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map on 2 sheets ; 96 x 68 cm., sheets 61 x 71 cm. and 40 x 71 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 46942637
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15040598
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 87e3ccd0-c5aa-012f-bd81-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Plan for the drainage of that part of the city of Brooklyn which empties its water into Gowanus Creek & Bay" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1848. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee1c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Plan for the drainage of that part of the city of Brooklyn which empties its water into Gowanus Creek & Bay" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee1c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1848). Plan for the drainage of that part of the city of Brooklyn which empties its water into Gowanus Creek & Bay Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ee1c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Plan for the drainage of that part of the city of Brooklyn which empties its water into Gowanus Creek & Bay