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1933 Map of Granite City

Name: 1933 Topographic Map of Granite City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1933
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1933

About this map

Industrial and urban development along the western bank of the Mississippi River characterizes this area in the early 1930s. The map captures a densely gridded riverfront landscape shaped by rail and river transport, featuring the Merchants Bridge, McKinley Bridge, and Eads Bridge connecting to Illinois. Extensive rail yards like the M K T Yards and the Burlington line service the Stockyards and Municipal Dock, highlighting the era's heavy commerce.

Neighborhoods are anchored by numerous parochial and public institutions, including St Stanislaus Ch, Beaumont Sch, and the sprawling campus of St Louis University. To the north, the urban grid gives way to expansive burial grounds like Calvary Cemetery and Bellefontaine Cemetery, while the village of Bissell sits near Maline Creek. This survey provides an exact look at the city's infrastructure before the later expansion of modern interstate systems, preserving the original street names such as Natural Bridge Avenue and Chouteau Ave.