Handsome 1867 original antique lithographed hand colored map of the town of Bridgeport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, printed more than 150 years ago.

• It shows wards, roads, bridges, railroads, businesses, school districts, stone quarries, nurseries, and private residences with the names of property owners.



• It is drawn on a scale of 2½ inches to the mile, and the image area measures 40.4 x 32.2 cm [16" x 12¾"].



• It locates the original Bridgeport Harbor Light, an octagonal tower on a box-like structure at the entrance to the harbor from Lond Island Sound. It was replaced in 1871 by a lighthouse with a dwelling for the keeper. That lighthouse remained in service until 1953, when it caught fire and was destroyed while it was being dismantled.



• Among the other named places and features on the map are the Housatonic Railroad, Toll Houses on the Newtown and Huntington Turnpikes, Toilsome Hill, Pembroke Lake, Asylum Street, Berkshire Pond, Pequonnock Mills, Old Kings Road, the New England Grape Nursery, the New York & New Haven Railroad, Tripe Shop, Old Mill School District, Slaughter House, Chestnut Hill, Seaside Park, and more.



• There's a business directory at the left which continues on the reverse side.



• The directory is organized alphabetically by type of business: attorneys, banks, bakers, bottlers, brewers, button manufacturers, clothiers, dentists, fish dealers, gilders, hotels, lumber dealers, photographers, porcelain teeth manufacturers, saloons, shirt laundries, tool makers, tanners, and undertakers, to name a few.



• Condition:  The map is in very good condition, bright and clean, with a small spot and a couple of tiny chips in the lower corner. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.



• It was published by F.W. Beers, A.D. Ellis & G.C. Soule, New York, 1867 in Atlas of New York and Vicinity. It is identified as Plate 20.



• It is an original, authentic 1867 map, not a reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to be genuine.



• It would make a handsome display in your den or office. It would also make a perfect gift, and we'll include our helpful framing tips with your purchase, along with a photocopy of the title page of the atlas in which it was printed.



• Frederick W. Beers, known for his county survey maps of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Connecticut and Vermont came from a family of surveyors, cartographers and publishers originally from Newtown, Connecticut.



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