1905 Map of Hackettstown

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The Morris Canal snakes through the Musconetcong Valley in this early 20th-century survey, revealing a landscape defined by the convergence of heavy industry and transport. At Hackettstown, the local economy is anchored by the crossing of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad and the canal, while to the west, the Oxford Tunnel pierces the terrain near the Pohatcong Creek. The map documents a transition in regional commerce, as older settlements like Waterloo and Saxton Falls sit alongside the expanding rail networks of the Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad and the New York Susquehanna and Western Railroad.