Historical Maps

[hemihampton]

I live in Alabama. I will take a look. Thanks.

curious, where in Alabama? I got relatives in Scottsboro in north east. LEON.

 

[rebel1]

curious, where in Alabama? I got relatives in Scottsboro in north east. LEON.

Opelika, Alabama.

 

[bobbyjack]

Does anyone know where I can find historical maps that show where old houses and old dumps use to be?

you go line libary of congress and look for sandborn fire insurance maps they get you what you want i think

 

[rebel1]

you go line libary of congress and look for sandborn fire insurance maps they get you what you want i think

Thanks, I'll take a look.

 

[willong]

if you can get access to high-enough resolution copies

(Plagiarizing the Bard): Ay, there's the rub!

 

[willong]

And sometimes a municipality will make maps of all known historic dump sites available for free online.

I have never encountered that. Is it a Canadian thing? Or, is it done for environmental/pollution potential disclosure?

 

[DeepSeaDan]

I live in Alabama. I will take a look. Thanks.

Go to YouTube & look up "Adventure Archaeology & Southern Diggers" - Brandon runs the site & is out wading creeks & digging all over Alabama.

 

[rebel1]

Go to YouTube & look up "Adventure Archaeology & Southern Diggers" - Brandon runs the site & is out wading creeks & digging all over Alabama.

Yes, I've watched several of his videos. Thanks.

 

[CanadianBottles]

I have never encountered that. Is it a Canadian thing? Or, is it done for environmental/pollution potential disclosure?

Yeah it's a pollution disclosure thing, to avoid people unknowingly building on landfills or warn people whose houses already are. Not sure how common it is elsewhere, I know both Montreal and Ottawa do it. I've never looked for other municipalities' maps, I suspect it's more common for larger cities which have the resources to try to figure out where these dumps actually are.

 

[hemihampton]

These polluted dumps are called Superfund sites in the USA. Link below.

List of Superfund sites - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org