1899 Map of Brockport

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The Erie Canal forms the industrial backbone of this late 19th-century landscape, threading through key settlements like Brockport, Adams Basin, and Spencerport. This vital waterway, paralleled by the New York Central and Hudson River R. R., highlights the era's heavy reliance on coordinated water and rail transport for the movement of goods through Monroe County. Further south, the map reveals a dense network of smaller hamlets such as Churchville, Clifton, and Riga, connected by numerous secondary roads that diverge from the prominent Ridge Road in the north.