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Second Welland Canal - Book 1, Survey Map 8 - Through Grantham and Louth Townships
Description
- Mystery Question:
What is the name of the bridge that crosses Richardson's Creek? What is the current name of that road?
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- Creator:
- Board of Works - Welland Canal Company
- Media Type:
- Image
- Item Type:
- Drawings
- Description:
- Survey map of the Second Welland Canal created by the Welland Canal Company showing the area between the Townships of Louth and Grantham. Identified structures associated with the Canal include the floating tow path. It is not labelled, but runs along the bottom of the map.
The surveyors' measurements and notes can be seen in red and black ink and pencil.
Local area landmarks that are identified include streets and roads (ex. New Road, and Road to Port Dalhousie), and an unnamed bridge along New Road. Richardson's Creek is identified in pencil.
Properties and property owners of note are: Lot 23 in Grantham Township, Lots 1 and 2 in Louth Township, John Bonner, John Martindale, Geo. E. Read, Thomas Read, N. Pawling, and the Board of Works.
- Publisher:
- Board of Works - Welland Canal Company
- Date of Original:
- c.1855
- Dimensions:
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Width: 100 cm
Height: 45 cm
- Image Dimensions:
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Image Width: 85cm
Image Height: 45cm
- Map Scale:
- NA
- Subject(s):
- Local identifier:
- WCM-BK1-Map8
- Collection:
- St. Lawrence Seaway Authority (Canada) Fonds
- Geographic Coverage:
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Latitude: 43.188594
Longitude: -79.27567
- Copyright Statement:
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Holder:
- © St. Lawrence Seaway Authority (Canada).
© Transport Canada.
- Copyright Holder Contact Information:
- Copyright Bureau, Services Branch
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street, Ottawa K1A 0N4
Tel.: 613-996-7502 / Fax: 613-996-1341
Email: copyright/droit_d’auteur@lac-bac.gc.ca
- Recommended Citation:
- Brock University Archives, St. Lawrence Seaway Authority (Canada) Fonds, Second Welland Canal Survey Map 1, c.1845.
- Terms of Use:
- This record is Crown copyrighted. Permission to reproduce this record must be granted by Library and Archives Canada.
- Reproduction Notes:
- © St. Lawrence Seaway Authority (Canada). Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada (2006).
Source: Library and Archives Canada/St. Lawrence Seaway Authority fonds/R1195-0-X-E/Accession 73-27727 CA
© Transport Canada. Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada (2006).
Source: Library and Archives Canada/Department of Railways and Canals fonds/R610-154-8-E/Accession 9017 CA
- Contact:
Brock University Archives
Email:
WWW address:
Agency street/mail address: James A. Gibson Library,
Brock University,
500 Glenridge Avenue,
St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1
Telephone: 905-688-5550 x3264
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