File:Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Boston (1867), Sheet 20.jpg

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English: Insurance Map of Boston, Volume I, 1867, by D. A. Sanborn, C. E. Sheet 20, showing the area around the later Leather District and Chinatown.

The index to the atlas is located here.

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Brick, Stone or Iron Warehouses
 
Brick or Stone Dwellings
S
Brick or Stone Dwellings with Store under
 
Frame Buildings - except Spec'l Hazard
 
Brick or Stone Special Hazard
 
Frame Special Hazard
 
Brick, with Frame Front or Side
 
Frame, with Brick Front
º
Slate or Metal Roof, marked thus
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Fire Walls, 6 inches above roof
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Fire Walls, 12 inches above roof 1
 
Heavy Line Exterior Walls - protected by Iron Shutters
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Window Opening in 1st Story
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Window Opening in 2d Story 2
X
Stables
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Steam Boilers
12
Reference to adjoining Sheets
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Hydrants
A-D
Class Warehouse
A
Fire or coped walls; metal roof; iron shutters
B
Deficient in one of the above particulars
C
Deficient in two of the above particulars
D
Deficient in all of the above particulars
  • ^1 Three lines mark fire walls, 18 inches above roof.
  • ^2 Three lines mark window opening in 1st & 3d story. Four lines mark window opening in 1st and 4th story.

Numbers on the outside of buildings represent the building street address. Numbers on the interior of buildings represent number of stories.


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Author Daniel Alfred Sanborn

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