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1898 Map of Cohoes

Name: 1898 Topographic Map of Cohoes
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1926
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1926

About this map

The Saratoga Battlefield and its surrounding river valleys dominate this late 19th-century survey of the industrial corridor north of Troy. This map illustrates the vital intersection of water and rail transport that defined the region’s economy, showing the Hudson River closely paralleled by the Champlain Canal and the Delaware and Hudson R.R. Champlain Div.. At the southern edge, the convergence of the Mohawk River and the Hudson is marked by the complex hydraulics of the Erie Canal near Cohoes and Waterford.

Away from the industrial centers like Mechanicville, the landscape rises toward landmarks like Mt. Rafinesque and Beadle's Mt.. The map preserves the footprint of late-Victorian era settlements such as Lansingburg and Schaghticoke, alongside smaller locales like Speigletown and Grant Hollow. The dense network of iron rails, including the Fitchburg R.R. and New York Central and Hudson River R.R., highlights how thoroughly the terrain was integrated into the statewide transit system.