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1893 Map of Berwick

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Berwick
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1906
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1906

About this map

Salmon Falls River serves as the primary geographical anchor and political boundary on this late 19th-century survey of the Maine and New Hampshire borderlands. The landscape is defined by a dense network of industrial and transport infrastructure, particularly the complex intersections of the Boston and Maine Railroad and the Portland and Rochester Railroad. These rail lines facilitated the growth of numerous concentrated settlements such as Great Falls, Rochester, and Sanford.

In the more rural stretches of York County, a series of small villages including North Lebanon, Center Lebanon, and West Lebanon appear connected by early wagon roads. Notable terrain features like Bauneg Beg and Beaver Hill rise above the river valleys, while mill-related industry is evident at Emerys Mills and Milton Mills. This document preserves the arrangement of these communities before modern highway systems altered the regional connectivity between the interior Maine uplands and the river-powered manufacturing centers.