About This Item

  • TitleMap Showing the Line of the Brooklyn Waterworks.
  • Call NumberMAP_1858-02-01
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Maps collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMap shows streets of Brooklyn, Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Inset shows cross section of the canal & conduit with type of construction. Diagram of the system from Ridgewood reservoir to Rockville, with water capacity indicated at several points. Map shows conduit canal, in relation to major streets, to terminus at Smith's [Smith] pond. On lower margin: For Bishop's Manual of the Brooklyn Common Council, 1858-1859. Oriented with north toward the top. Similar to map 1864.04.01.
  • Date1858
  • Formatcartographicstill image
  • Physical Description1 map : black & white ; 12 x 25.5 in.
  • Genremaps (documents)
  • CreatorEssroger, Bernhard
  • 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.