Map showing location of reservoirs being constructed for Black River Canal
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Title
Map showing location of reservoirs being constructed for Black River Canal
Collection
Maps of New York City and State
Parts
(A-Z)
Names
Willard, J. E. (Creator)
Jenne, Daniel C., 1814-1886 (Surveyor)
Gavit, John E., 1817-1874 (Lithographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1856 (Inferred)
Place: Albany, N.Y.?
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-5838
Subjects
Canals -- New York (State)
Reservoirs -- New York (State)
Black River (Herkimer County-Jefferson County, N.Y.)
Black River Canal (N.Y.)
New York (State)
New York (State) -- Black River Canal
New York (State) -- Black River (Herkimer County-Jefferson County)
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: surveyed under the direction of D.C. Jenne, divn. engr. ; by J.E. Willard, 1st assist. ; reduced from original by David Vaugham.
Content: Relief shown by spot heights.
Content: Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Date: "Jan. 1856."
Statement Of Responsibility: "J.E. Gavit, Exchange, Albany."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 59 x 105 cm, on sheet 62 x 109 cm
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 182866792
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20645665
Other local Identifier: US149.3.03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 51b1afa0-a833-0133-6827-00505686a51c
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1856
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map showing location of reservoirs being constructed for Black River Canal" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1856. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51b1afa0-a833-0133-6827-00505686a51c
APA format
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1856). Map showing location of reservoirs being constructed for Black River Canal Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51b1afa0-a833-0133-6827-00505686a51c
Chicago/Turabian Format
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map showing location of reservoirs being constructed for Black River Canal" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51b1afa0-a833-0133-6827-00505686a51c
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