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1967 Map of Bridgeport

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Bridgeport
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The industrial and maritime activity along the Delaware River defines this 1967 survey, where the heavy infrastructure of Chester and Paulsboro meets the marshes of the New Jersey shore. The map documents a complex landscape of movement, from the high-density rail corridors of Conrail and the New Jersey Toll Turnpike to the shifting tidal flats around Monds Island and Raccoon Island. Urban expansion is visible in the purple-tinted growth of Gibbstown and Bridgeport, while the northern banks feature the prominent Pennsylvania Mil College and industrial landmarks like the Westinghouse Village.

Further inland, the terrain shifts to the agricultural and milling history of Gloucester County. Historic water-powered sites such as Hendrickson Millpond and Warrington Millpond sit near long-established rural landmarks including Solomons Graveyard and St Josephs Cem. This record of the late 1960s captures the region just as the interstate highway system, evidenced by numerous numbered interchanges, began to fundamentally reorganize the small-town geography of Woolwich and East Greenwich townships.