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1893 Map of Granville

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Granville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1893
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1893

About this map

Blandford, Granville, and Russell define the upland geography of this late nineteenth-century survey, which details the complex river drainages and early industrial corridors of the Berkshires. The Westfield River cuts a deep path through the northeast, paralleled by the vital Boston and Albany Railroad as it passes through Huntington and Russell. This transportation artery contrasts with the more isolated hill towns to the south and west, where agricultural life centered on small hamlets like West Granville and North Blandford.

Resource extraction and early water management are evident in features such as Ore Hill and the Reservoir near Montgomery. The terrain is marked by significant elevations like Mt. Tekoa and Cobble Mtn., which dictated the placement of early roads and settlements. This survey was conducted in the late 1880s, capturing the region just as the expansion of the New Haven and Northampton Railroad reached the southern edge of the quadrangle near Southwick.