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1945 Map of Hartford North

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Hartford North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

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The Connecticut River dominates the eastern half of this landscape, separating the core of Hartford from East Hartford. This wartime-era survey reveals a densely developed capital city characterized by a significant concentration of religious and educational institutions, including the Hartford Seminary Foundation, the American School For The Deaf, and the St Josephs College. The city's northern reaches transition into the rolling terrain of Bloomfield and Windsor, where the New York New Haven and Hartford RR traces the river's western bank.

Institutional footprints are remarkably prominent, from the Connecticut Institute for Blind to the Orphan Asylum, reflecting the social and academic infrastructure of the mid-1940s. Beyond the urban grid, the map records numerous burial grounds such as St Benedict Cemetery and Soldiers Field Cem, alongside established landmarks like the Loomis Institute near the confluence of Mill Brook and the main river channel.