Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Plan of Orland

Barcode: 58069

Image Number: 58069.0001

Publishing Location: Orland, Maine

Brief Description: The plan may have been surveyed by Ebenezer Greenleaf between 1820 and 1835 of Orland and Bucksport. It forms the Orland River Watershed. Included on the survey are "great works" on the East River which refers to the Lock-Sluice Company dam. An 1835 petition described the dam preventing a "fish way" which affected the fishing industry. Also included is the location of Mason's Mills owned by Horatio Mason who purchased the land in the late 1700's adjacent to Toddy Brook (Pond). His son also constructed a mill at the brook. Featured on the survey is Orphan Island attached to the town of Bucksport which comes from an orphan heiress who inherited it as her part of the Waldo Patent. Also included is the location of Alamoosook Lake indicated on the survey that "Indians called this Alamasook River meaning at "the fish spawning place".

Surveyor: Greenleaf, Ebenezer

Date/Date Range Produced: 1820

Language: English

Region Depicted: Orland, Maine

Map Type: GeographicalHistorical mapsLand use maps

Dimensions: H 61.4 X W 46.1 cm

Printing Technique: Manuscript

Historical Context: Ebenezer Greenleaf was Moses Greenleaf's brother and a surveyor.

LC Call Number: G3734.O57 1820

OCLC: 1356897484

Accession Number: OML-1820-36

Subjects: Greenleaf Manuscript Surveys

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/58069.0001