
The Merrimack River serves as the focal point for this late nineteenth-century landscape, where the dense urban development of Haverhill and Bradford anchors a complex network of industrial transport. Several branches of the Boston & Maine Railroad radiate from the river valley, connecting smaller textile and manufacturing outposts like Salem Depot, Atkinson Depot, and Newton Junction. The state boundary line between New Hampshire and Massachusetts bisects the quadrangle, illustrating how regional commerce and settlement patterns ignored political borders, as seen in the continuous development through Plaistow and Merrimac.
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1886 · Lawrence
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1886 · Lowell
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1888 · Newburyport
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1888 · Haverhill
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1888 · Lawrence
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1888 · Salem
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1890 · Haverhill
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1890 · Newburyport
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1893 · Lowell
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1893 · Dover
USGS Topo · 1:62,500