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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER OF TORONTO FOR 1903
Toronto The Carswell Co. Limited City Printers 1904
650.00
Softcover book in good+ condition with wear and some fading to covers, wear to bottom left corner, some wear to spine ends, 2" split along top of spine at front cover, large map has a 2" tape repair left side of map in the center (see photos).
140 pages with photos and a foldout plan and a large foldout map.
140 pages with photos and a foldout plan and a large foldout map.
Soft cover book, size is 6 3/4" x 10"; map size is 34" x 19".
An official city report from the City Engineer of Toronto published in 1904 for the year 1903. This is an in-depth report on the cities' utilities and roadways, there are sections on population, sewage, roadways, street railways, a large map of the city, a plan of the Western Toronto Garbage Crematory. There is also a list of then Toronto streets with the year they were first laid and class of pavement.
The highlight of this book is a large map (34" x 19") of Toronto with street names, of course, some of the more prominent buildings, and colour-coded streets to show the type of road covering used (e.g. gravel, asphalt, brick, stone, etc).
A scarce report.
The highlight of this book is a large map (34" x 19") of Toronto with street names, of course, some of the more prominent buildings, and colour-coded streets to show the type of road covering used (e.g. gravel, asphalt, brick, stone, etc).
A scarce report.
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