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1946 Map of Cambridge

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Cambridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Batten Kill snakes across this mid-century landscape, providing a geographical anchor for the industrial and agricultural corridors of southern Washington County. The river facilitates the growth of settlements like Battenville and Center Falls, while the Greenwich and Johnsonville RR follows its northern banks. To the south, the village of Cambridge serves as a local hub, home to the Mary McClellan Hospital and the sprawling Woodland Cem.

Upland from the river valleys, the terrain is dotted with small rural markers of early 20th-century life, including School No 1 and Cavy Sch. The eastern edge of the map transitions into a chain of recreation and water resources, featuring Lake Lauderdale and Hedges Lake. This survey captures the region just as the postwar era began to shift local transport away from the Delaware and Hudson RR and toward an expanding network of state roads.