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1977 Map of Fall River

Name: 1977 Topographic Map of Fall River
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Fall River serves as the industrial and urban anchor for this coastal region, where the Taunton River empties into the expansive Mount Hope Bay. This late-1970s orthophotoquad reveals the dense grid-pattern development of the city as it pushes eastward toward South Watuppa Pond, contrasting with the more suburban and wooded character of Swansea and Somerset to the west.

The geography of the shoreline is central to the area's identity, defined by the narrow passage of the Sakonnet River and the distinct waterfront settlements of Ocean Grove and South Swansea. In the southern portion of the sheet, the transition across the state line into Rhode Island is marked by the growing residential footprints of North Tiverton and Tiverton, illustrating how the harbor and river systems unified these bordering maritime communities.