New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Description

Title: New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Alternative Title: Jan. 1927, New Canaan, Conn.
Creator: Sanborn Map Company, issuing body
Contributor: Library of Congress Stamp
Published / Created: 1927
Abstract: Sanborn fire insurance maps are a rich source of historic data on the urban built environment of North America during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The atlases were created for the purpose of underwriting fire insurance policies, which depended upon accurate and frequently-updated information about construction materials, municipal and transportation infrastructure, industrial and commercial landuse and more. The Yale University Library Map Department scanned its holdings of Sanborn fire insurance maps (consisting primarily of Connecticut towns) in order to make the maps more accessible.
Description: "(2941). (8 sheets)."
"Including Talmadge Hill."
Contains information on population, prevailing winds, water facilities and fire department.
Includes index of streets and specials.
Partial cadastral map.
Sheets 2-6 at scale 1:600 ; sheets 1 and 7-8 at scale 1:1,200.
SMLMAPL 766 N423 1927: Sheets disbound. Library of Congress copyright stamp on title sheet.
Extent: 1 atlas (8 leaves)
64 cm
color
Scale: Scale 1:600.
Coordinates: 1200, 600, and a
Language: English

Format: cartographic
Genre: Atlases
Cadastral maps
Connecticut
Fire insurance maps
local
New Canaan
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Geographic): New Canaan (Conn.)--Maps
Subject (Name): Library of Congress Stamp
Subject (Topic): Fire risk assessment--Connecticut--New Canaan--Maps
Real property--Connecticut--New Canaan--Maps

Access: Public
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