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1928 Map of Berwyn

Name: 1928 Topographic Map of Berwyn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1933
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1933

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The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the older Illinois and Michigan Canal cut a diagonal path through this industrialized landscape, illustrating the transition of Midwestern shipping and transit. Heavy rail networks, including the Indiana Harbor Belt and the Chicago and Alton, underscore the area's role as a vital transportation hub. In the northern section, a cluster of large burial grounds like Concordia Cemetery and Waldheim Cemetery are established alongside the Des Plaines River.

An early aviation landmark, the Maywood US Mail Airport, is visible near Broadview, predating the expansion of modern Chicago O'Hare. Further south, the Clearing Industrial District and Summit demonstrate the dense urbanization and manufacturing growth characteristic of Cook County's development. This survey, which utilized aerial photography from the U.S. Army Air Corps, provides an exacting look at the grid-based residential expansion into Berwyn and Cicero before the suburban sprawl of the late twentieth century.