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Map of the upper part of the City of New York, from Fifty Seventh Street to Kings-Bridge : showing the "West Side Improvements," with dimensions, elevations of grade and distances complete / Compiled and drawn under the direction of Hamilton E. Towle, Civil Engineer and City Surveyor, 78 Cedar St., New York.

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Title
Map of the upper part of the City of New York, from Fifty Seventh Street to Kings-Bridge : showing the "West Side Improvements," with dimensions, elevations of grade and distances complete / Compiled and drawn under the direction of Hamilton E. Towle, Civil Engineer and City Surveyor, 78 Cedar St., New York.
Names
Towle, Hamilton E. (Surveyor)
American Photo-Lithographic Company (Lithographer)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

Manhattan

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1868
Place: New York
Publisher: American Photo-Lithographic Co.
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 14-1498
Topics
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Parks -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Scale approximately 1:9,700. (W 73°59ʹ58ʺ--W 73°54ʹ02ʺ/N 40°52ʹ46ʺ--N 40°46ʹ10ʺ)
Content: Oriented with north to the upper right of sheet.
Content: "Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1868 by Hamilton E. Towle in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York."
Content: "The figures on the map representing the elevations of the grade may be distinguished by their being underlined, and placed diagonally at the intersection of the Street with the Avenue."
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : colored ; 31 x 150 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
Barcode: 33433087459271
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20327527
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8ffc4830-f092-0130-bbe9-58d385a7b928
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

  • 1868: Created
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the upper part of the City of New York, from Fifty Seventh Street to Kings-Bridge : showing the "West Side Improvements," with dimensions, elevations of grade and distances complete / Compiled and drawn under the direction of Hamilton E. Towle, Civil Engineer and City Surveyor, 78 Cedar St., New York." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1868. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/234a9210-f3a2-0130-e627-58d385a7b928

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the upper part of the City of New York, from Fifty Seventh Street to Kings-Bridge : showing the "West Side Improvements," with dimensions, elevations of grade and distances complete / Compiled and drawn under the direction of Hamilton E. Towle, Civil Engineer and City Surveyor, 78 Cedar St., New York." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/234a9210-f3a2-0130-e627-58d385a7b928

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1868). Map of the upper part of the City of New York, from Fifty Seventh Street to Kings-Bridge : showing the "West Side Improvements," with dimensions, elevations of grade and distances complete / Compiled and drawn under the direction of Hamilton E. Towle, Civil Engineer and City Surveyor, 78 Cedar St., New York. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/234a9210-f3a2-0130-e627-58d385a7b928

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Map of the upper part of the City of New York, from Fifty Seventh Street to Kings-Bridge : showing the "West Side Improvements," with dimensions, elevations of grade and distances complete / Compiled and drawn under the direction of Hamilton E. Towle, Civil Engineer and City Surveyor, 78 Cedar St., New York.