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1898 Map of Greylock

Name: 1898 Topographic Map of Greylock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1925
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1925

About this map

The massive Mt. Greylock massif dominates this landscape, rising above the industrial and educational centers of the northern Berkshires. The topographic detail highlights the sharp descent of the Bellowspipe and the prominent ridge of The Ragged Mountain. Along the valleys, the Hoosic River serves as the primary corridor for settlement and transportation, connecting manufacturing hubs like North Adams and Adams.

Railroad development is central to the area's late-19th-century economy, with the Fitchburg R.R. and the Boston and Albany R.R. providing essential links through the mountains. Notably, the Pittsfield and North Adams Electric R.R. illustrates the expansion of local transit between the towns. Smaller, scattered communities such as Sweets Corner and New Ashford are depicted in detail, showing the contrast between the dense urban centers and the surrounding agricultural and timber-producing uplands of the Hoosac Range.