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Sanborn Maps of Montana (Digital)

What is it? Digital Sanborn Maps of Montana provides digital access Sanborn fire insurance maps. Note, MSU's access only includes Montana maps.

Sanborn fire insurance maps are frequently consulted maps and are valuable historical tools for urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, environmentalists and anyone who wants to learn about the history, growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods. They are large-scale plans containing data that can be used to estimate the potential risk for urban structures. This includes information such as the outline of each building, the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Seven or eight different editions represent some areas.

Textual information on construction details (for example, steel beams or reinforced walls) is often given on the plans while shading indicates different building materials. Extensive information on building use is given, ranging from symbols for generic terms such as stable, garage, and warehouse to names of owners of factories and details on what was manufactured in them. In the case of large factories or commercial buildings, even individual rooms and the uses to which they were put are recorded on the maps. Other features shown include pipelines, railroads, wells, dumps, and heavy machinery. Use this link, http://sanborn.umi.com/HelpFiles/key.html, to access a key provided by the Sanborn Map Company.

Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years.

Why use it? Access Montana Sanborn fire insurance maps electronically

Coverage: 1867-1970

Access: Available on networked computers on the MSU campus in Bozeman and via the proxy server. Unlimited number of simultaneous users.

Vendor: ProQuest

Subjects: Geography & Country Information, Geology & Maps, Reference

Linked Data Topics:
Geography
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Primary source
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Last updated: 2024-10-02 15:03:41

Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPAT) & Accessibility Statements: https://support.proquest.com/s/article/ProQuest-Platform-Accessibility-Statement?language=en_US

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