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1919 Map of Dedham

Name: 1919 Topographic Map of Dedham
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1919
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1919

About this map

Blue Hills Reservation dominates the northeastern landscape of this military survey, anchoring a region defined by granite peaks like Great Blue Hill and Chickatawbut Hill. The surrounding towns of Dedham, Canton, and Stoughton are shown at a high point of rail-based industrial expansion. The complex trackage of the New York New Haven and Hartford RR and the Old Colony RR crisscrosses the terrain, establishing vital hubs at Canton Junction and Readville.

Water systems serve as both industrial power sources and community focal points, from Mother Brook in the north to the expansive Massapoag Pond in Sharon. Small neighborhood clusters such as Islington, Oakdale, and Ashcroft appear as established residential pockets alongside the marshy lowlands of Purgatory Brook. The map captures the specialized geography of the South Shore and inland Norfolk County before suburbanization fully bridged the gaps between these rail-stop settlements.