Hoosac Cotton Mills "Nos. 1 & 2 Mills," North Adams, Mass. [insurance map]

Hoosac Cotton Mills "Nos. 1 & 2 Mills," North Adams, Mass. [insurance map]

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Title:
Hoosac Cotton Mills "Nos. 1 & 2 Mills," North Adams, Mass. [insurance map]
Description:
Associated Mutual Insurance Companies. Hoosac Cotton Mills "Nos. 1 & 2 Mills," North Adams, Mass. Boston, Mass.: Associated Mutual Insurance Companies, 1922. Surveyed April 4, 1922. Surveyed and drawn by E. F. Pearson; traced by E. F. Pearson and C. Mason. 1 sheet. Includes plan of buildings (with dimensions), elevation views of individual buildings (with functions of building floors and rooms), isometric view of buildings, and surroundings. Also includes description of property, power and fuel, stock and product, and extensive description of existing water sources and fire protection resources. Title has been pasted over with label: "Hoosac Mills Corporation [which in turn has been crossed out] 'Hoosac Mill Division' Crescent Corporation Ten. North Adams, Mass." Serial number 14957 (original tracing), replaces 9425. Index number 9945 & 9945.1. Scale 1:960, 1 in. = 80 ft. 53.5 x 67 cm. (OCLC)
Author:
Associated Mutual Insurance Companies
Date:
1922
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Fire insurance maps
Location:
American Textile History Museum
Collection (local):
Osborne Library
Subjects:
Cotton manufacture
Textile factories
Fire risk assessment
Insurance surveys
Hoosac Cotton Mills (North Adams, Mass.)
Hoosac Mills Corporation
Places:
Berkshire (county) > North Adams
Extent:
1 sheet : col. map ; 67 x 54 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2r36vc590
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston, Mass.
Language:
English
Notes:
Map has numerous changes pasted onto it, including title label. New title label contains stamp with 1948 date but this may not correlate to changes (same stamp found on other maps). The Crescent Corporation appears to be one of those companies that auctioned off textile plants in the 1930s and 1940s.
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: Good - but residue from pieces pasted on
Accession #:
1994.91.566