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1908 Map of Frostburg

Name: 1908 Topographic Map of Frostburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1908
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1908

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Mount Savage and the industrial corridors of Allegany County dominate this 1908 topographic study, captured just before the height of the region's coal and rail era. The landscape is defined by the sharp descent from the Mount Savage Mountain and Little Allegheny Mountain ridges toward the Potomac River valley. This map meticulously tracks the dense network of mining settlements and rail spurs that fed the Maryland economy, including the Cumberland & Pennsylvania RR connecting coal patches like Eckhart Mines, Hoffman, and Borden Shaft.

Down the Georges Creek valley, the sequence of company towns from Midland to Lonaconing illustrates the linear development common to the Cumberland coal field. Along the eastern edge, the Baltimore & Ohio RR follows the river, paralleled by the historic C & O Canal and the Cumberland and National Turnpike, showcasing a corridor of critical transportation infrastructure that linked the Maryland interior to the Eastern Seaboard.