1939 Map of Belmont

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The Genesee River cuts through the northeast corner of this 1930s landscape, where the Erie RR and Pittsburg Shawmut and Northern RR once defined the region's transport network. The map reveals a dense network of rural infrastructure, particularly the numerous numbered and named school districts such as Moulton Sch and Wirt Center Sch that served the upland farming and industrial communities. In the southern reach of the quadrangle, the high point of Alma Hill 2548 towers over the surrounding valleys, marking a prominent landmark near the New York Pennsylvania state line.