Red Mills New York Saint Lawrence River USGS Topo Map 1906
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Red Mills New York Saint Lawrence River USGS Topo Map 1906

$46

Printed in its year of first publication, 1906, this USGS 15-minute topographic sheet is an antique in excellent condition—very lightly handled, never folded, and kept smooth and flat on thick stock, with hole punches along the left collar. Covering a stretch of the St. Lawrence River in St. Lawrence County, New York, the quad runs up to the international boundary, where the Canadian side takes in Cardinal and Iroquois; the American terrain is what the 1904 field survey and H.M. Wilson recorded before the modern highway system. Surveyed at that early date, it captures overland travel routes, rail lines, early placenames, and the structures known at the time, and comes from an uncommonly well-preserved collection. The reverse carries printed USGS reference material explaining the mapping program and how to read the symbols.

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MAP DETAILS
TITLERed Mills
STATENew York
LOCATION65 miles northeast of Watertown, NY
SERIES15-minute
SURVEYED1904 Field Survey
GEOGRAPHERH.M. Wilson
ENGRAVED1905
EDITION1906
PRINTED1906
PRINT NOTESThick paper stock
SCALE1:62500
CONTOUR INTERVAL20 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS16 1/2 x 20 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS12 3/8 x 17 1/2 inches
COVERAGE AREA12 x 17 miles
SOURCEFrom an uncommonly well-preserved collection
MAP NOTESA fascinating historical snapshot surveyed before the modern highway system, showing historic overland travel routes, rail lines, early placenames, and all structures known at the time; Canadian side includes Cardinal and Iroquois, otherwise not surveyed.
SHEET CONDITION
For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITIONExcellent
SHEET NOTESvery lightly handled, never folded, smooth and flat
MAP AREAflawless map area
COLLARSno wear or tears, no markings, no blemishes, 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 Red Mills 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 1906. 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.
COUNTIES COVEREDSt. Lawrence
RIVERS AND STREAMSLittle Sucker Brook, Saint Lawrence River, Squaw Creek, and Sucker Brook
WATER BODIESLake Saint Lawrence
Locations: Leading Light. Drainages: Squaw Creek. Islands: Benedict Island, Galop Island, and Shoemaker Island. Capes: Rockway Point and Sparrowhawk Point. Churches: Brown Church and Nevin Memorial Church. Dams: Iroquois Dam. Beaches: Lisbon Beach. Bays: Whitehouse Bay.
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 1906 edition of the Red Mills New York USGS topographic map. It is an authentic 120-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 Red Mills 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. 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.

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