Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [Galveston, Texas, 1899, Cotton Compress and Warehouse District]
Title:
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [Galveston, Texas, 1899, Cotton Compress and Warehouse District]
Description:
Originally published by Sanborn Map Co., New York; name of publisher and place of publication varies. | Fire insurance map, hand-colored to show building construction, locations of windows and doors, elevators, and available water facilities. | Shows factories, commercial occupancy of buildings, property boundaries and house and block numbers. | Includes notes on population, fire departments, and prevailing winds. | Includes location map and key to building colors and other features.
Creator/Contributor:
Sanborn Map Company (cartographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1899
Owning Repository:
Perry-Castañeda Library Maps, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
United States (country), West (U.S.) (region), Texas (state), Galveston County (county), Galveston (city), and Cotton Compress and Warehouse District (citySection)
Cartographic Information:
29.3000, -94.7833 (WGS84) and Scale 1:600 ; drawn to a scale of 50 feet to an inch.
Origin Note:
Original located at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
UTL DAMS PID:
utlmaps:5e880322-8a5d-4c27-8f5c-4e5447a66421
Related Resource - Host:
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1877-1951. [Digital Texas Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps] (title)