1944 Map of Fall River

About this map

The dense urban core of Fall River and the industrial shoreline of Mount Hope Bay define this 1944 survey, conducted just before the close of the war. The map reveals an intensive concentration of civic and religious infrastructure, particularly the numerous parochial schools such as St Anne Sch and St Stanislaus Sch serving the local neighborhoods. The landscape is bifurcated by the massive South Watuppa Pond and the Taunton River, with the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad weaving through the waterfront. Notable landmarks like the EL Power Plant and City Hospital anchor the city, while the southern reaches into Tiverton and Island Park show the transition to more open terrain, including the Pocasset Cedar Swamp and the family-named high point at Cook Hill. Large burial grounds, including the Oak Grove Cemetery and North Burial Ground, occupy significant footprints within the city limits.