1944 Map of Fort Plain

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The Mohawk River valley serves as a bustling corridor of industrial and transport history in this 1944 survey, showing the transition of New York's primary waterway. The landscape is defined by the parallel paths of the Old Erie Canal and the modern New York State Barge Canal, flanked by the Central New York Railroad and West Shore Railroad. In Fort Plain and St Johnsville, the dense grid of streets and riverside infrastructure highlights the era's reliance on rail and water transport.