Land Utilization Town of Watertown

Land Utilization Town of Watertown

Item Information

Title:
Land Utilization Town of Watertown
Title (alt.):
Watertown land utilization map
Creator:
Massachusetts. State Planning Board
Date:
June 1940
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Topographic maps
Location:
Massachusetts Archives
Collection (local):
Massachusetts. State Planning Board
Series:
Land study maps, 1936-1937
Subjects:
Roads
Cities and towns
Land use mapping
Soil mapping
United States. Works Progress Administration
United States. Work Projects Administration
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Watertown
Extent:
1 map : printed on mylar ; 17 x 22 in
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rj432v872
Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Scale:
1:31,680
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Title (alt.) supplied by cataloger.
WPA project number: 20677.
Preferred Citation:
Land study maps, 1936-1943. (CD8 / Series 683X) Massachusetts Archives. Boston, MA. Accessed [insert date accessed in format DD MM YYYY]. [insert URL of resource].
Notes (historical):
The State Planning Board was established in 1935 to be responsible for a physical development master plan for the Commonwealth. In fulfilling this function it had these municipal maps prepared by the federal Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA project no. 13684). Each municipality has maps for (1) topography (2) roads and bridges (3) land utilization (4) soil classification (5) roads and waterways.
Accession #:
CD8_683X_0160_00003
Identifier:
51-343C