The Gilt Edge Silk Mills, New Bedford, Mass. [insurance map]

The Gilt Edge Silk Mills, New Bedford, Mass. [insurance map]

Item Information

Title:
The Gilt Edge Silk Mills, New Bedford, Mass. [insurance map]
Description:
Associated Mutual Insurance Companies. The Gilt Edge Silk Mills, New Bedford, Mass. Boston, Mass.: Associated Mutual Insurance Companies, 1925. Drawn November 27, 1925 from Dept. data. Drawn by A. M. Babson. 1 sheet. Includes plan of building (with dimensions), elevation view (with functions of building floors and rooms), and surroundings. Also includes some details of existing water sources and fire protection resources. Lacks isometric view of buildings, description of property, etc. Updated information pasted onto original map with dates of 1952-1954. "The Gilt Edge Silk Mills" crossed out in title and "International Stretch Products" written above it. Pencilled in lower right hand corner: "Cancelled 6-17-66." Serial number 17793. Index number partially unreadable (part torn away) [ 210]. Scale 1:480, 1 in. = 40 ft. 53 x 66.5 cm. (OCLC)
Author:
Associated Mutual Insurance Companies
Date:
1925
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Fire insurance maps
Location:
American Textile History Museum
Collection (local):
Osborne Library
Subjects:
Textile factories
Fire risk assessment
Insurance surveys
Silk industry
Gilt Edge Silk Mills (New Bedford, Mass.)
Places:
Bristol (county) > New Bedford
Extent:
1 sheet : map ; 67 x 53 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ww72bz91n
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Place of origin:
Boston, Mass.
Language:
English
Notes (ownership):
The American Textile History Museum closed in 2016. This item has been transferred to the Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine.
Notes (object):
Condition: Fair - some pieces missing from bottom edge; many tape repairs; all four edges reinforced with tape
Accession #:
0000.1506.126