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1893 Map of Burlington

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Burlington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1898
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1898

About this map

Delaware River navigation and industrial power drive the landscape of this late-nineteenth-century survey of the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border. Significant hydraulic engineering is evident near the river's bend, including the Delaware and Raritan Canal Feeder, the Pennsylvania Canal, and the Trenton Water Power Mill Race. These waterworks supported early manufacturing alongside the growing rail networks of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Reading Railroad.

Genealogists and local historians can trace long-established river landings and transport hubs such as Dunks Ferry, Tullytown Wharf, and Borton Landing. The map details the transition from rural townships like Bensalem and Lower Makefield to specialized institutions and post offices, such as the State Lunatic Asylum and Eden (P.O.). This era shows a densely settled corridor where transport technology and river geography dictated the growth of towns from Morrisville to Florence.