Maps
The physical layout of the Five Points intersection changed throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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1776 British map showing the Collect Pond ("Fresh Water"), the canals used to drain the adjacent salt marsh and the tanneries on the eastern shore
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1800 map with an 1873 street plan overlay the location of future Five Points intersection at lower right of Collect Pond
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1831 map showing Five Points within the Sixth Ward
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1851 map showing Five Points within the Sixth Ward
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1853 map of Five Points intersection showing original street names
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1902 map
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