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McLear & Kendall Carriage Factory, French Street, Wilmington, by the Hexamer General Survey. Source: Philadelphia Free Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While digging up some historical records on a Delaware property earlier this week, I discovered a large body of helpful online maps published by the Philadelphia Free Library. This urban institution has substantial online collections, including a large\u00a0holding<\/a>\u00a0of maps.<\/p>\n

The resources that helped with my investigation was the Hexamer General Survey collection. Between 1866 and 1895, Ernest Hexamer sketched out detailed plates on nearly 3,000 industrial and commercial properties in the Greater Philadelphia area.\u00a0 These meticulous illustrations included breweries, textile mills, printers, car works, dye and chemical plants, planning mills, and much more.\u00a0 The renderings were created for fire insurance underwriters and are similar to the Sanborn Maps, which are available for many Delmarva communities.<\/p>\n

Hexamer was a German immigrant, according to the blog, Hexamer Redux.<\/a> \u201cHe began his career creating insurance maps in New York City.\u00a0 In 1856, he moved to Philadelphia and established the fire insurance map business in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

For researchers on the upper part of the Delmarva Peninsula, there are a many industrial plates from Wilmington, as well as New Castle and Cecil counties. The Star Bone Phosphate Works at Rothwell Landing is the only one for Kent County, DE.\u00a0 Companies such as the Jackson & Sharp\u2019s Delaware Car Works, Bancroft and lots of others are represented in the records.<\/p>\n

In addition to\u00a0floor plans similar to architectural drawings lots of additional details are provided. There are notes about the construction, fire protection, occupancy, and other elements of interest to an insurance carrier.\u00a0 Many include\u00a0perspective sketches of the actual building, which is great.<\/p>\n

This will be a valuable resource for many Delmarva researchers. Thank you Philadelphia Free Library for providing this excellent resource.<\/p>\n

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Providence MIll, Wm. M. Singerly, 1890 by Hexamer General Survey; Source: Philadelphia Free Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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New Castle Mills, New Castle, DE., 1887 by Hexamer Surveys. Source: Philadelphia Free Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Jackson and Sharp Rail Works, 1872, by Hexamer General Survey. Source: Philadelphia Free Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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