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Map of the vicinity of Niagara Falls: from actual surveys

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Title
Map of the vicinity of Niagara Falls: from actual surveys
Names
Geil, Samuel (Publisher)
Delp, J. L. (Publisher)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

Parts

Niagara River

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1853
Place: No. 15 Minor St., Phila[delphi]a
Publisher: S. Geil & J.L. Delp
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-6125
Topics
Real property -- Niagara River Valley (N.Y. and Ont.)
Landowners -- Niagara River Valley (N.Y. and Ont.)
Roads -- Niagara River Valley (N.Y. and Ont.)
Railroads -- Niagara River Valley (N.Y. and Ont.)
Niagara River Valley (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Illustrations
Niagara River Valley (N.Y. and Ont.)
Genres
Maps
Cadastral maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: by Samuel Geil.
Content: Shows roads, railroads, landowners, tract numbers, marshes, vegetation, towns, and settlements.
Content: Relief shown pictorially and by hachures.
Content: Includes historic notes and 13 vignettes:View from Point View, American side -- Horse Show Fall -- Rail road suspension bridge at Belle Vue -- Observatories Lundys Lane -- View from the Ferry, American side -- [untitled] -- Oliver T. Mackleins Chippewa Foundry, Stove Work, etc. -- Brock's monument -- View from Hogs Back -- The Brock Monument -- Lewiston suspension bridge -- View of the whirlpool from the Canada side -- View from Victoria Point, Canada side.
Content: Map within decorative border.
Statement of responsibility: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by Samuel Geil, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Statement of responsibility: "Author of maps of Niagara, Orleans, and Cayuga Counties, N.Y. &c."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 41 x 40 cm, on sheet 60 x 73 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 824457062
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20645952
Other local Identifier: US177.3.06
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f6613210-0b22-0134-e220-00505686a51c
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1853: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the vicinity of Niagara Falls" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1853. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16e1bb40-0b23-0134-e9b7-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the vicinity of Niagara Falls" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16e1bb40-0b23-0134-e9b7-00505686a51c

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1853). Map of the vicinity of Niagara Falls Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/16e1bb40-0b23-0134-e9b7-00505686a51c

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Map of the vicinity of Niagara Falls