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1910 Map of Bath

Name: 1910 Topographic Map of Bath
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

The Cohocton River valley serves as the industrial and transit corridor for this part of Steuben County, where three major rail lines converge. The Erie Railroad and the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad parallel the river through Avoca and Kanona, while the Bath and Hammondsport Railroad strikes east toward the finger lakes. In Bath, the significant footprint of the State Soldiers and Sailors Home and the County House indicate the town's role as a regional administrative and social center.

Upland from the river, the landscape is defined by family-named landmarks and rural institutions, including the Wheeler Hill Church and numerous schoolhouses like Whites School and Bucks School. The presence of the State Fish Hatchery near Cold Springs and the vineyards around Rheims and Pleasant Valley reflect an economy tied closely to the specific hydrology and microclimates of the valley floor.