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1902 Map of Broadalbin

Name: 1902 Topographic Map of Broadalbin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1921
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1921

About this map

Sacandaga Park and the resort-heavy northern reaches of the Sacandaga River valley anchor this turn-of-the-century topographic record. The landscape is defined by the heavy presence of small-scale industry and milling history, evidenced by Union Mills, Vail Mills, and Hagedorns Mills scattered across the Kennyetto Creek and Chuctanunda Creek drainages. The Gloversville and Northville RR follows the western bank of the river, connecting Northville to the regional leather-working centers to the south.

Notably, this 1902 survey documents the river valley before the creation of the Great Sacandaga Lake. Several communities shown here, such as Osborn Bridge and Northampton (Fishhouse), occupy the low-lying areas of the river floodplain that would later be submerged. This makes the map an essential tool for genealogists and local historians tracing the exact locations of family homesteads and crossings in settlements that were fundamentally altered or moved by 20th-century water management projects.