1977 Map of Central City
USGS Topo · Published 1979About this map
Coal-mining heritage and mid-century rural development define this 1970s orthophotoquad of Somerset County. High-contrast aerial imagery reveals the concentrated street grid of Central City and the neighboring settlement of Cairnbrook, areas historically tied to the Berwind-White Coal Mining Company. The landscape is a complex patchwork of small-scale agriculture and industrial activity, where the dark incisions of surface mining and clearings for transmission lines cut through the wooded terrain of the Allegheny Plateau. To the south, the expansion of leisure-focused land use is evident in the developed shorelines of Indian Lake and Lake Stonycreek. The map also captures smaller rural nodes like Reels Corner, Buckstown, and Gahagen, providing a precise visual record of property boundaries, forest cover, and the evolving road network during this era of Pennsylvania's industrial transition.
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