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1943 Map of Coventry

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

USGS Topo · Published 1943

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Flat River Reservoir and Quidnick Reservoir dominate the central landscape of Kent County in this early 1940s survey. The interior of Coventry and West Greenwich shows a community structured by mid-century infrastructure and rural education, featuring the Airway Beacon on Biscuit Hill and several local institutions such as Summit Sch and Maple Valley Sch. The New York New Haven and Hartford railroad cuts a direct east-west path through the terrain, connecting small settlements like Greene to the larger coastal network.

Industrial activity is evidenced by the Jackson Quarry near Coventry Center Pond, while the southwestern corner is defined by the protected acreage of the Wickaboxet State Forest. A dense network of local roads, including Plain Meeting House Road and Victory Highway, links the scattered hilltops and church sites like Sharp Street Ch, reflecting a landscape of small-scale farming and forest management typical of the era.