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1951 Map of Edgewood

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Edgewood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

The Army Chemical Center and Aberdeen Proving Ground dominate this mid-century landscape in Harford County, where military operations and chemical defense infrastructure are woven into the estuarine terrain. The 1951 survey, updated with 1970 photorevisions, shows a specialized industrial-military complex including the Eastern Chemical Depot, a Water Treatment Plant, and extensive Transformer Stations near Canal Creek. This high-security activity stands in contrast to the older crossroads communities and historic sites such as Harford Furnace and McComas Institute.

Transport corridors like the Penn Central and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad slice through the region, connecting Sewell Station and Clayton Station to the broader corridor. Along the Bush River and Gunpowder River, the map captures the transition from rural crossroads like Emmorton to the burgeoning residential developments at Edgewood Heights. From the Atkisson Reservoir to the marshes of Otter Point Creek, the landscape reflects a century of shifting priorities between industrial defense and coastal settlement.