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  • Item Type: Map

Aerial view Lake Erie to Lake Ontario (Toronto Public Library, 1837).jpeg
The occasion for the illustration appears to be to show the location of the "sinking" of the steamship Caroline (labeled #11, though it is hard to read: basically to the left of Navy Island). The Caroline was owned by Canadian rebels against Britain,…

Map of Niagara and Vicinity (1838).jpg
A "M. Spring" (mineral spring?) is prominently identified in lot 12.

Niagara County map, North Tonawanda as Niagara, map (1838).jpg
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-13e2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Martinsville, Tonawanda, Bush, map detail (LOC, 1854).jpg
From "Map of Erie County, New York : from actual surveys." Philada. : Robert Pearsall Smith, Publisher ; Buffalo : John Angell, Publisher, 1854.

map-detail.jpg
Handwritten additions depict the depth and extent of a March 18, 1858 flood.

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Wheatfield Township, map (D.G. Beers & Co., 1875).jpg
Showing North Tonawanda, Ironton, Martinsville, Bergholtz, Walmore, Shawnee districts and more.

North Tonawanda and Martinsville, map detail (c.1875).jpg
Carney's Island, Distillery, Ayer Estate, Fisher, Cap. o. Shepard, Rosebrock, Kibber, Roney, A. Jerbitz, Zimmerman, Rumbolt, Dreggs, Nutting, J. Johnson, J. Chadwick,D. Locke, Fritz, Kopp, Taul, others.

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Selection of plates showing North Tonawanda and Tonawanda near the Erie Canal.

North Tonawanda, Paynes Hill, topgraphical map, seven avenues (1899).jpg
Note Payne's Hill, seven avenues, Pettit Creek.

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Map of North Tonawanda, Gratwick School area highlighted (c1948).jpg
Shows Bushes Bridge, Nor-Ton Courts, "Sweeney Park", numbered avenues from 20th-24th, and a planned Tesla and Edison Street. Not yet here: Mid-City Plaza, Wurlitzer Park, North Tonawanda High School, lots of southeast (Spruce) area development.

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Niagara Trail Bicentennial Publication, cover (Ton News 1975-08-23).jpg
This special publication presented keyed maps to current and historical sites for all of Niagara County. Only the parts pertaining to North Tonawanda are included here.

The blurbs give a good amount of basic information about many sites. Pictured…

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