OpenHistoricalMap/Projects/Providence RI
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Maps
City of Providence
- Wikimedia Commons maps of Providence: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maps_of_Providence,_Rhode_Island
- Archeological Resource Study, Various maps from 1600s to 1900s http://npshistory.com/publications/rowi/report-1.pdf
- Map of Providence in 1664 (https://mapwarper.net/maps/13908)
- Map of the Town of Providence 1803 https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:w9505s21d (https://mapwarper.net/maps/4699)
- Map of the Town of Providence 1823 https://www.loc.gov/item/2011589249/ (https://mapwarper.net/maps/82296)
- Map of the City of Providence and Town of North Providence 1835 https://www.loc.gov/item/00555737/ (https://mapwarper.net/maps/82288)
- Map of the City of Providence 1849 https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/ids:5271630
- City Atlas of Providence 1875 https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10450657
- City Atlas of Providence 1895 https://mapwarper.net/layers/1511
- Providence Harbor 1897 https://www.loc.gov/item/79695301/
- Sanborn map 1895 (https://mapwarper.net/layers/1511)
- Sanborn map 1900 (https://mapwarper.net/layers/1345)
- City of Providence 1937 https://historicmapworks.com/Atlas/US/22761/
Providence County
- Providence and Worchester Railroad map 1847 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1847_Route_of_the_Providence_and_Worcester_rail_road,_by_J._H_Bufford%27s_Lith,_from_the_Digital_Commonwealth_-_commonwealth_cj82kn54r.jpg
- Providence County and some adjacent towns 1851 https://www.loc.gov/item/2013591359/
- USGS maps (1887)
Rhode Island
- Bay of Narragansett 1776 https://archive.org/details/dr_a-topographical-chart-of-the-bay-of-narraganset-in-the-province-of-new-engl-00034137
- Rhode Island, a guide to the smallest state (1937) https://archive.org/details/rhodeislandguide00federich
- Rhode Island, a bibliography of its history https://dn720404.ca.archive.org/0/items/rhodeislandbibli00park/rhodeislandbibli00park.pdf
- Rhode Island Genealogical Society dates of RI town incorporation https://rigensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=31
- Rhode Island boundaries 1636-1936 https://ia601006.us.archive.org/0/items/rhodeislandbound00unse/rhodeislandbound00unse.pdf
Aerial base maps
- URIEDC RIGIS: https://edc.maps.arcgis.com/home/user.html?user=URIEDC_RIGIS (Be sure to check terms of use on these layers!). The following are a selection of historical aerial imagery layers and WMS templates for use with iD as custom background:
- 1939 (WMS URL template for iD:
https://maps.edc.uri.edu/arcgis/services/Atlas_imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/1939_RISPP/MapServer/WMSServer?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=1&STYLES=&CRS={proj}&WIDTH={width}&HEIGHT={height}&BBOX={bbox}) - 1951/1952 (WMS URL template for iD:
https://maps.edc.uri.edu/arcgis/services/Atlas_imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/1951_52_RISPP/MapServer/WMSServer?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=1&STYLES=&CRS={proj}&WIDTH={width}&HEIGHT={height}&BBOX={bbox}) - 1962 (WMS URL template for iD:
https://maps.edc.uri.edu/arcgis/services/Atlas_imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/1962_RISPP/MapServer/WMSServer?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=1&STYLES=&CRS={proj}&WIDTH={width}&HEIGHT={height}&BBOX={bbox}) - 1972 (WMS URL template for iD:
https://maps.edc.uri.edu/arcgis/services/Atlas_imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/1972_RISPP/MapServer/WMSServer?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=1&STYLES=&CRS={proj}&WIDTH={width}&HEIGHT={height}&BBOX={bbox}) - 1981 (WMS URL template for iD:
https://maps.edc.uri.edu/arcgis/services/Atlas_imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/1981_RISPP/MapServer/WMSServer?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=1&STYLES=&CRS={proj}&WIDTH={width}&HEIGHT={height}&BBOX={bbox}) - 1985 (WMS URL template for iD:
https://maps.edc.uri.edu/arcgis/services/Atlas_imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/1985_USDA_NRCS/MapServer/WMSServer?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=1&STYLES=&CRS={proj}&WIDTH={width}&HEIGHT={height}&BBOX={bbox}) - 1988 (WMS URL template for iD:
https://maps.edc.uri.edu/arcgis/services/Atlas_imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/1988_RISPP/MapServer/WMSServer?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=1&STYLES=&CRS={proj}&WIDTH={width}&HEIGHT={height}&BBOX={bbox}) - 1997 (WMS URL template for iD:
https://maps.edc.uri.edu/arcgis/services/Atlas_imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/1997_RIDOT/MapServer/WMSServer?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=1&STYLES=&CRS={proj}&WIDTH={width}&HEIGHT={height}&BBOX={bbox}) - 2002 (WMS URL template for iD:
https://maps.edc.uri.edu/arcgis/services/Atlas_imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/2002_USGS/MapServer/WMSServer?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=1&STYLES=&CRS={proj}&WIDTH={width}&HEIGHT={height}&BBOX={bbox}) - 2003/2004 (WMS URL template for iD:
https://maps.edc.uri.edu/arcgis/services/Atlas_imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/2003_04_RIDOT/MapServer/WMSServer?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=1&STYLES=&CRS={proj}&WIDTH={width}&HEIGHT={height}&BBOX={bbox})
- 1939 (WMS URL template for iD:
Other Resources
- Narragansett and Mount Hope bays. Picturesque Narragansett, 1888 https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01003003/