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Metadata
Object Name |
Map |
Catalog Number |
2010.031c.0007 |
Title |
Map - Brazoria County 1944 |
Search Terms |
Algoa Junction petroleum industry Allen Dome Oil Field Alvin Alvin Junction Anchor Junction Angleton Angleton Junction Angleton Oil Field Arcola Junction BNSF Bonney Station Brazoria Brazoria County Abstract Company Brazoria Junction Bryan Mound Burlington North Santa Fe Canals Cedar Brake Road Chocolate Bayou Oil Field Clemens Dome Clute Columbia Damon Damon Mound Oil Field Danbury Danbury Dome East Columbia East Stratton Ridge Dome FM1301 FM521 Freeport Friendswood-Pearland Dome Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad Hastings Dome Oil Field Hoskins Mound Houston and Brazos Valley Railway International & Great Northern Railroad Iowa Colony Station Juliff Station Lake Jackson Liverpool Lockridge Dome Manvel Manvel Dome Oil Field Nash Dome Oil Field Old Ocean Oil Field Pipelines Pledger Cedar Brake Dome Oil Field Quintana Rabbs Ridge Oil Field Railroad junctions Railroads Rattlesnake Mound Rosharon Station Rowan Oil Field Salt domes Salt Domes named on map: Sandy Point Station SBMRW SH288 SH288B SH35 SH6 Shell roads St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway Stratton Ridge Dome Sugar Land Railway Surfside Sweeny Velasco West Columbia West Columbia Oil Field Wharton |
Scope & Content |
Map - Brazoria County 1944 Diazotype whiteprint North arrow: yes North direction: top of map Compass bearings: no Scale: 1" = 4000 varas Scale unit: vara -------------------- TRANSCRIPT OF TITLE BLOCK ------------------ Map of Brazoria County Scale: 1 inch = 4000 varas For Sale by Brazoria County Abstract Co. Angleton, Texas 1944 In business since 1873 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prominent features: - Canals - Dirt roads - Original grantee names - Original grant boundaries - Pipelines - Principal communities indicated by graphic symbol - Railroad junctions - Railroads - Salt domes ("proven") indicated by contour symbol - Shell roads - State highways - Waterways See People, Classification, Subjects, Search Terms for details |
Subjects |
Civil: - Alvin - Alvin Junction - Angleton - Bonney Station - Brazoria - Clute - Columbia (original plat) - Damon - Danbury - Freeport - Iowa Colony Station - Lake Jackson - Liverpool - Manvel - Quintana - Rosharon Station - Sandy Point Station - Surfside - Sweeny - Velasco (now Freeport) Major Transportation Infrastructure - Algoa Junction - Anchor Junction - Angleton Junction - Arcola Junction - Brazoria Junction - Cedar Brake Road (now FM1301) - Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad (now BNSF) - Houston & Brazos Valley Railway ---| Anchor Jct to Angleton Jct (no longer extant) ---| Angleton Jct to Freeport (now UPRR) ---| Hoskins Mound spur (no longer extant) - International & Great Northern RR (no longer extant) - Juliff Station - Old railroad grade to Wharton (from West Columbia) - SH288 (now SH288B and FM521) - SH35 - SH6 - St. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico Railway ---| Algoa Jct to Matagorda County Line (now UPRR) ---| Clemens State Farm spur (no long extant) - Sugar Land Railway (no longer extant) - Unlabeled dirt road Anchor to Brazoria (now FM521) Salt Domes named on map: - Allen Dome Oil Field - Angleton Oil Field - Bryan Mound - Chocolate Bayou Oil Field - Clemens Dome - Damon Mound Oil Field - Danbury Dome - East Stratton Ridge Dome - Friendswood-Pearland Dome - Hastings Dome Oil Field - Hoskins Mound - Lockridge Dome - Manvel Dome Oil Field - Nash Dome Oil Field - Old Ocean Oil Field - Pledger Cedar Brake Dome Oil Field - Rabbs Ridge Oil Field - Rattlesnake Mound - Rowan Oil Field - Stratton Ridge Dome - West Columbia Oil Field |
Date |
1944 |
Dates of Creation |
1944 |
Year Range from |
1944 |
Year Range to |
1944 |
Extent of Description |
Paper 25" x 13.5" Image 23.5" x 25.5" |
Collection |
BCHM |
Accession number |
2010.031c |
Source |
Transfer from BCHM Library File |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Catalog date |
2011-01-05 |
Catalog type |
Archive |
Imagefile |
024\2010.031c.0007.jpg |
Number of images |
2 |