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1942 Map of Delaware Water Gap

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Delaware Water Gap
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

The dramatic breach of the Delaware River at the gap serves as the anchor for this 1942 survey of the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border. Steep ridges like Mt Minsi and Mt Tammany overlook a landscape defined by water and rail transport. The confluence of the Pequest River, Paulins Kill, and Brodhead Creek with the Delaware created a natural corridor for major transportation lines, including the Delaware Lackawanna and Western RR and the Pennsylvania RR.

Smaller rural life is evident in the numerous country schoolhouses and churches scattered throughout the ridges, such as Haitzell Sch, Miller Ch, and Three Church. The topography shows the transition from the industrial activity near Stroudsburg and Portland to the more agrarian and wooded uplands of Oxford Mountain. Notable landmarks of the era include a Fire Lookout Tower atop the ridge and an Emergency Landing Field located in the valley, reflecting the early mid-century infrastructure of the region.