1902 Map of Fonda

About this map

The Mohawk River corridor serves as the industrial and transportation backbone of this central New York landscape during the late nineteenth century. The twin settlements of Fonda and Fultonville face each other across the water, joined by a density of infrastructure including the Erie Canal, the New York Central and Hudson River railroad, and the West Shore line. This concentration of transit underscores the region's role as a primary gateway between the Atlantic and the Great Lakes, while smaller industrial markers like the Cayadutta Electric railway suggest the early electrification of local travel near Sammonsville.