Map Title
Pittsfield, Maine, Looking Northwest.
Preview
Publication Date
1889
County
Somerset
Artist
George E. Norris
Lithographer
Burleigh Litho.
Publisher
George E. Norris
Dimensions
32 x 53 cm
Owner
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library
Additional Institutional Copies
Population of City/Town at Time of Publication
1,909
Description of City/Town
The Maine Central Railroad passes through the south-eastern part, having a station at East Pittsfield….The streams are small except the Sebasticook, on which at East Pittsfield are the principal manufactories. There are here a saw-mill...a woolen-mill, a grain-mill, etc. The Maine Central Institute, near this village, has an elegant building, with suitable appointments, and is an excellent and flourishing school. It fits many students for Bates and other colleges.
A Gazetteer of the State of Maine, George J. Varney, 1881, 1886
Historic Newspaper References
Pittsfield Advertiser, January 19, 1888
“Mr. Geo. E. Norris, of Brockton, Mass., is in town for the purpose of making a perspective drawing of this village, and if he receives sufficient encouragement, such a drawing will be published in lithograph form.”
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Recommended Citation
Courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library
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Keywords
Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine, Bird's eye, View, Map
