Port Leyden New York Lyons Falls Turin USGS Topo Map 1907

Port Leyden New York Lyons Falls Turin USGS Topo Map 1907 - Image 2

Port Leyden New York Lyons Falls Turin USGS Topo Map 1907 - Image 3

Port Leyden New York Lyons Falls Turin USGS Topo Map 1907 - Image 4

Port Leyden New York Lyons Falls Turin USGS Topo Map 1907

$90

Printed in 1907 in its year of first publication, this antique USGS 15-minute topographic sheet was engraved in 1906 following an 1904 and 1905 field survey under geographer H.M. Wilson. It takes in a stretch of Lewis and Oneida counties in upstate New York northeast of Syracuse, with the villages of Port Leyden and Lyons Falls within its boundaries along with Constableville, Turin, and Glenfield. Surveyed before the modern highway system, it records the overland travel routes, rail lines, river crossings, and early placenames of the era, and having never been folded it remains smooth and flat on thick stock, graded excellent with a flawless map area and only hole punches along the left collar; the reverse carries printed reference material, and it comes from an uncommonly well-preserved collection.

In stock

SKU: 135 Categories: 15 Minute, New York

Details
Description

MAP DETAILS
TITLE	Port Leyden
STATE	New York
LOCATION	55 miles northeast of Syracuse
SERIES	15-minute
SURVEYED	1904 and 1905 Field Survey
GEOGRAPHER	H.M. Wilson
ENGRAVED	1906
EDITION	1907
PRINTED	1907
PRINT NOTES	Thick paper stock
SCALE	1:62500
CONTOUR INTERVAL	20 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS	16 1/2 x 20 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS	12 5/8 x 17 1/2 inches
COVERAGE AREA	12 x 17 miles
SOURCE	From an uncommonly well-preserved collection
MAP NOTES	A fascinating historical snapshot surveyed before the modern highway system, showing historic overland travel routes, rail lines, river crossings, and many early placenames.
SHEET CONDITION For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITION	Excellent
SHEET NOTES	very lightly handled, never folded, smooth and flat
MAP AREA	flawless map area
COLLARS	no wear or tears, no markings, hole punches along left collar
MAP COVERAGE Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.

BACKSIDE LEGEND
A map summary is printed on the back side of the Port Leyden sheet similar to the one shown in the picture. It outlines the history, purpose, and status of the USGS mapping program at the time of the printing in 1907. It also provides instructions on how to read contour lines and a description of how they are used to depict the terrain. At the bottom of the page is a legend showing all of the symbols used to represent the cultural, relief, and water features found on the map.
PLACENAMES Depending on map series and survey date, all of the features listed below may not be shown on this map. This list contains features that currently exist or historically existed within the area covered by the map. The list can be used as a reference to determine if this map covers your area of interest. Placenames are listed alphabetically next to each feature type.
CITIES AND TOWNS (CURRENT)	Constableville, Glenfield, Lyons Falls, Port Leyden, and Turin
COUNTIES COVERED	Lewis and Oneida
RIVERS AND STREAMS	Beauty Creek, Black River, Cold Brook, Copper Creek, Crooked Creek, Cummings Creek, Douglass Creek, Fall Brook, House Creek, Independence River, Little Otter Creek, Little Pine Creek, Mile Creek, Mill Creek, Miller Brook, Moose Creek, Moose River, North Branch Cummings Creek, North Branch Sugar River, Olmstead Brook, Otter Creek, Pine Creek, Roaring Brook, Stucky Creek, Sucker Brook, Sugar River, West Branch Sugar River, Whetstone Creek, and White River
Locations: Potters Corners and Tabolt Corners. Administrative Boundaries: Town of Greig, Town of Leyden, and Town of Turin. Mountains, Peaks, and Summits: Gomer Hill and Tug Hill. Valleys and Canyons: Whetstone Gulf. Parks: Singing Waters Park, Whetstone Gulf State Park, and Whittaker Falls Park. Drainages: Atwater Creek, Beauty Creek, Cold Brook, Copper Creek, Crooked Creek, Douglass Creek, Fall Brook, Fish Creek, House Creek, Independence River, Little Otter Creek, Little Pine Creek, Mile Creek, Mill Creek, Miller Brook, Moose Creek, Moose River, North Branch Cummings Creek, North Branch Sugar River, Olmstead Brook, Otter Creek, Pine Creek, Roaring Brook, Stucky Creek, Sugar River, West Branch Sugar River, Whetstone Creek, and White River. Churches: Fisher Memorial Chapel, Gould Memorial Chapel, New Covenant Church, Saint Hedwigs Church, Saint Johns Church, Saint Marks Church, Saint Pauls Church, and Saint Thomas Church. Lakes and Ponds: Brantingham Lake, Catspaw Lake, Little Otter Lake, Pleasant Lake, and Sand Pond. Schools: Central School, Gen Martin High School, and South Lewis High School. Reservoirs and Tanks: Turin Reservoir. Towers: WBRV-AM (Boonville). Pillars: Deerlick Rock.
SHIPPING AND RETURNS
This map sheet will be carefully rolled in a sturdy tube and shipped via the US Postal Service. If you find that the sheet you receive is not as described in the listing, you may ship it back to us for a refund of the purchase price.

This antique sheet is a 1907 edition of the Port Leyden New York USGS topographic map. It is an authentic 119-year-old United States Geological Survey print in excellent condition.

HOW THIS MAP CAN BE USED
In addition to making a fascinating conversation piece, this sheet would look great in a frame or on display, make a unique and prized gift for anyone interested in this area, be perfect as a reference for genealogy studies or general historical research, or fill that missing piece in your collection.

FEATURES SHOWN ON THE MAP
The Port Leyden 15-minute map shows cities and towns, roads, railroads, rivers, creeks, elevation contour lines, public land survey lines, county, state, and other administrative boundaries as they existed at the time of the survey in 1904 and 1905. All known structures (houses, businesses, churches, schools, barns, cabins, etc) are also shown, with exceptions in some urban areas, where only landmark buildings may be shown.

A VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD
Maps from the 15-minute series for the continental United States are no longer produced or printed by the USGS and original prints are becoming increasingly difficult to find. They are a valuable historical record for an area, as they contain many placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent maps.