Norwich, Connecticut, 1876 – Antique Map Print
(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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Norwich, Connecticut, 1876 comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: City of Norwich, Conn. 1876
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Norwich, Connecticut, 1876
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Norwich, Connecticut, in 1876 was a mill town at the meeting point of the Shetucket and Yantic rivers, which join there to form the Thames. Its economy rested on textile and manufacturing works along the river falls, and the Norwich & Worcester Railroad tied the city to Boston and to the New London shore. Steamboats still moved freight and passengers down the Thames toward Long Island Sound, so the wharves and the rail yard were both busy. The Centennial year brought civic pride, and residents were proud of the Norwich Free Academy, founded in 1854, and of the city's long history, including its colonial merchants and its link to Benedict Arnold, who was born there in 1741.
| Created / published | 1876 |
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| Creator | j. knauber & co, c.h. vogt (firm), o.h. bailey & co |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Norwich, Connecticut, drawn in 1876. 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--Connecticut |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 10,752 × 7,152 px · prints to 36 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | City of Norwich, Conn. 1876 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-488144 |
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