Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1882 – Historic Map Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique map of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1882 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Fitchburg, Mass. 1882
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Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1882
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Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in 1882 was a mill and railroad city on the Nashua River in the north central part of the state, and it had received its city charter in 1872. The Fitchburg Railroad ran its line west toward the Hoosac Tunnel, and the town's rail yards and car and locomotive shops gave it steady freight and passenger traffic. Paper, woolen and machine works lined the river and its canals, drawing workers from nearby New England farms as well as from Ireland and French Canada. Residents knew the city for its manufacturing and for the water power of the Nashua, which turned mill wheels long before electricity reached the factories. This map shows the working town as its builders and their neighbors saw it at the start of the decade.
| Created / published | 1882 |
|---|---|
| Creator | burleigh, l. r., c.h. vogt (firm) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, drawn in 1882. Bird's-eye view maps were drawn by travelling artists who walked a town street by street, sketching every building from an imagined vantage point in the air, then sold the finished lithograph door to door by subscription. Roughly five thousand American towns were recorded this way between the 1860s and the 1920s, and for many of them the panoramic map is the most complete picture of the place that survives. Reproduced from the original in the Library of Congress collections. Printed to order on archival paper. Free shipping on all US orders. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 9,776 × 6,544 px · prints to 33 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Fitchburg, Mass. 1882 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488902 |
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