MAP OF THE EASTERLY SHORE LINE OF CROTON RIVER FROM DEER ISLAND TO CRAWBUCKY POINT

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

MAP OF THE EASTERLY SHORE LINE OF CROTON RIVER FROM DEER ISLAND TO CRAWBUCKY POINT

Entry/Object ID

L.2004.132

Description

Hand drawn manuscript map, lightly colored, showing Croton River and the railroad bed: "MAP / OF THE EASTERLY SHORE LINE OF / CROTON RIVER / FROM DEER ISLAND TO CRAWBUCKY POINT. / Scale - 200 feet per Inch. / WARD CARPENTER & SONS - SURVEYORS. / 1871" in viewer's lower left corner; in lower right: "Total Distance from Triangular Rock opposite Deer Island to Grooves in Rock / as measured by the Base Lines shown in Red Ink....129.11 feet / Or, Two Miles of 320 Rods each, and 142 Rods over.....2 7/16 Miles / Total Distance from do [ditto] to do by an Air Line.... / 1920 feet / or....2 3/11 Miles;" map drawn in black, blue and red ink, pencil and gouache; Croton River water and shore line colored blue; depiction of river and shoreline runs from High Bridge to the left to Grooved Rock and Brandreth's Brook to the right; features include "Mouth of Croton River," "Lands of the Van Cortlandt Manor Estate," "Crawbucky Point," a short section of the Croton Aqueduct, Hudson River Rail Road, and portions of Cortlandt, New Castle and Ossining; area around present-day Van Cortlandt Manor property includes road "FROM CROTON LANDING," manor house, lawn, garden, Ferry H.[ouse], sedge, sedgelow, Ferry Island, "land of Pierre Van Cortlandt," "Dover Hill or Paradise Island" and Causeway among others; names of various property owners included; elaborate compass with "Magnetic Meridian AD 1871" in center; border of thin line, thick line, thin line.

Made/Created

Date made

1871

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Map 110

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Including Mylar casing

Height

30.063 cm

Width

72.625 cm

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 30.1 x 72.6 cm (11 13/16 x 28 9/16 in.)

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

29 in

Width

71-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 29 x 71 1/2 in. (73.7 x 181.6 cm)

Material

Paper (wove), ink, gouache

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Losses of paper at corners; two rips center left side; three rips center right side; applied backing; encased in mylar. Restored by Northeast Document Conservation Center. Note: Accession number applied to mylar casing, not to object.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ward Carpenter & Sons

Notes

Surveyor

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Oversize map drawer

Note Type

Department

Note

Library