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1903 Map of Hammondsport

Name: 1903 Topographic Map of Hammondsport
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Hammondsport sits at the southern tip of the Y-shaped Finger Lakes region, serving as a vital hub for transportation and viticulture at the turn of the century. The town is connected by the Bath & Hammondsport RR, which skirts the edge of Keuka Lake, while the Erie R.R. (Rochester Div.) and the Delaware Lackawanna & Western R.R. traverse the southern valley near Savona.

Glacial activity has carved a distinctive landscape of parallel valleys and upland ridges, visible in the cluster of smaller water bodies like Lamoka Lake and Little Lake nestled in the eastern hills. The map captures established rural hamlets such as South Pulteney, Weston, and Bradford, alongside distinctive topographic features like Birdseye Hollow. In the southwest, the Cohocton River valley provides a low-lying corridor for regional rail lines, contrasting with the steep slopes rising toward the town of Orange.