1944 Map of Hamilton

About this map

Colgate University anchors the landscape of central New York during the mid-1940s, situated just east of the village of Hamilton. The region’s reliance on rail transport is evident through the convergence of the New York Ontario and Western Railroad and the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad, which served the local agricultural and academic communities. An abandoned stretch of the New York Ontario and Western Canal Branch follows the Chenango River valley, marking the transition from water-based commerce to industrial rail lines.