Description:
The first detailed map of Turners Falls is this 1868 map of the "Projected City," drawn and published by William Crocker. Two years earlier in 1866, the Turners Falls Company was established to take full advantage of the tremendous amount of water power there. A year later the dam was completed and in 1868 the John Russell Cutlery Company moved here from Greenfield, beginning the industrial use of this great site. When this map was made, only a few buildings existed, and most of the roads were "paper streets" - they existed only on the map. Note that almost all of the streets are laid out on a rectangular grid,a nd the proposed canal has a right angle bend near 10th Street.
Subjects:
Lithography Link to share this object record:
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