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1951 Map of Bridgeport

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Bridgeport
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

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Bridgeport was a dense industrial and maritime hub in the mid-century, dominated by its deep-water access and extensive rail network. The New York New Haven and Hartford railroad cuts through the urban core, feeding the East End Freight Yards and connecting the city's manufacturing districts to the wider region. Along the waterfront, Bridgeport Harbor and the Yellow Mill Channel illustrate a landscape defined by heavy industry and transit, while the University of Bridgeport and Seaside Park anchor the southern shoreline.

Residential growth expands northward toward Trumbull and Easton, where the terrain rises toward Toilsome Hill and Ox Hill. This 1951 field-checked survey, updated in 1959 to include the Connecticut Turnpike, reveals the transition from the tightly packed neighborhoods of Black Rock and Newfield to the suburbanizing hills near Ninety Acres Park. Local history is preserved in landmarks such as the Mountain Grove Cemetery and the numerous neighborhood schools like Bassick High Sch and Harding High Sch that served the city's growing population.