Roads and Buildings Town of Leicester
Item Information
- Title:
- Roads and Buildings Town of Leicester
- Title (alt.):
-
Leicester roads and buildings map
- Creator:
- Massachusetts. State Planning Board
- Date:
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September 1936
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Genre:
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Topographic maps
- Location:
- Massachusetts Archives
- Collection (local):
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Massachusetts. State Planning Board
- Series:
- Land study maps, 1936-1937
- Subjects:
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Roads
Cities and towns
Land use mapping
Soil mapping
United States. Works Progress Administration
United States. Work Projects Administration
- Places:
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Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Leicester
- Extent:
- 1 map : printed on mylar ; 17 x 22 in
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2b88t288c
- Terms of Use:
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No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Scale:
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1:31,680
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Title from item.
Title (alt.) supplied by cataloger.
WPA project number: 6287-12345. Sponsored by Massachusetts State Planning Board.
- Preferred Citation:
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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):
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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 #:
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CD8_683X_0091_00002
- Identifier:
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51-179B
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