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1944 Map of Bridgeport

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Bridgeport
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Industrial activity and river commerce define this stretch of the Delaware River just before the mid-century. On the Pennsylvania shore, the Locomotive Works and Pennsylvania Military College anchor a densely developed corridor of rail lines including the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Across the water, the New Jersey landscape transitions from the marshy environs of Monds Island and Little Tinicum Island to the inland agricultural and milling sites of Logan and Greenwich townships.

Genealogists can trace local legacies through numerous rural landmarks like Oak Grove Sch and St Joseph Cem. The map illustrates a complex network of infrastructure, from the Flood Gates protecting Cedar Swamp to the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines connecting small stations like Repaupo Sta. Local milling history is evident at Hendrickson Mill Pond and Warrington Mill Pond, while the riverfront shows remnants of earlier maritime eras near an abandoned shipyard.