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1943 Map of Carolina

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Carolina
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

About this map

The Wood River and Pawcatuck River systems dominate this 1942 landscape, defining the industrial and social boundaries of South County. The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad cuts a diagonal path through the terrain, serving a string of mill settlements and stations including Carolina Sta, Shannock, and Wood River Junction. These villages represent a distinct era of Rhode Island manufacturing, where water power and rail access dictated local growth.

South of the rail corridor, the landscape opens into the protected expanses of the Burlingame Reservation and Woody Hill Reservation. Notable landmarks for local historians include the Indian Burying Hill near Hannah Clarkin Pond and the Sullivan Quarries in the southwest corner. The map also documents civic structures like the Pawcatuck Valley Sch and several town halls, alongside the winding New London Turnpike and Narragansett Trail.