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1964 Map of Allentown East

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Allentown East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Allentown and Bethlehem serve as the industrial and cultural anchors of this region, joined by the winding Lehigh River and the historical path of the Lehigh Canal. The map reveals a dense landscape of institutions and industry, from the sprawling campus of Lehigh University and Allentown State Hospital to the concentration of quarries and cemeteries like Moravian Cem and Nisky Hill Cem.

South of the urban centers, the terrain rises into Lehigh Mountain and South Mountain, where suburban expansion meets rural history. The presence of the Allentown-Queen City Municipal Airport and the complex rail network of the Lehigh Valley RR and Reading line highlights the area's role as a transportation hub. Smaller settlements such as Friedensville, Summit Lawn, and Center Valley provide a look at the residential patterns that emerged around the region's mineral resources and transport corridors.