1975 Map of Bessemer
USGS Topo · Published 1977About this map
Bessemer and the southwestern industrial fringes of Birmingham are captured in this mid-1970s orthophotoquad, which uses rectified aerial imagery to show the dense urban and industrial development of Jefferson County. The high-contrast imagery highlights the concentrated grid of Bessemer in the lower portion of the sheet, while the northern sections show the growing residential patterns of Pleasant Grove and Hueytown. Unlike a traditional topographic map, this photographic survey reveals the actual physical density of the region's steel-era infrastructure, including large-scale industrial complexes and the intricate web of rail yards and transport corridors that connected these major Alabama centers during a period of significant urban evolution.
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