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1903 Map of Franklin Furnace

Name: 1903 Topographic Map of Franklin Furnace
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1911
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1911

About this map

Franklin Furnace serves as the industrial anchor of this northern New Jersey survey, where the extraction of mineral wealth is evidenced by a prominent Mine and complex rail junctions. At this turn-of-the-century moment, the landscape is defined by the convergence of the Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad and the New York Susquehanna and Western Railroad, which carved paths through the valley of the Wallkill River.

Smaller hamlets like Hamburg, Sussex, and Branchville appear as established rural centers amidst the ridges of the Kittatinny Mountains and Briar Ridge. The presence of Furnace Pond and Lake Grinnell highlights the region's reliance on natural water sources for both industrial power and local settlement, while family-named locales like Howell Pond and Drake Pond offer specific points of interest for genealogical research into early Sussex County residents.