About This Item

  • TitleMap Showing the Line of the Brooklyn Water Works, 1864.
  • Call NumberMAP_1864-04-01
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Maps collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMap of the City of Brooklyn, with streets, landmarks and water conduits extending to Rockville, Long Island. Inset shows cross section of the canal and conduit with construction details. Diagram above map of the system from Ridgewood reservoir to Rockville/Hempstead with water capacity indicated at several points. Map shows conduit and extension in relation to major streets, ponds and reservoirs, to terminus at Hempstead Reservoir. Lithograph by G. Hayward. Similar to map 1858.02.01.
  • Date1864
  • Formatcartographicstill image
  • Physical Description1 map : black & white ; 16.88 x 27.875 in.
  • Genremaps (documents)
  • CreatorHayward, G.
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps ; Long Island (N.Y.)--Maps ; Waterworks--New York (State)--New York; Waterworks--New York (State)--Long Island
  • CollectionBrooklyn Maps collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Long Island (N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.