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1962 Map of Joliet

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Joliet
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The industrial corridor of the Des Plaines River dominates this early 1960s landscape, where massive infrastructure projects like the Sanitary and Ship Canal and the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal run parallel. The city of Joliet and neighboring Lockport are shown at a peak of mid-century development, characterized by a dense concentration of institutions including the Stateville State Prison and the Joliet State Prison.

A complex web of transportation defines the area, with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and several other lines serving the local quarries and gravel pits. The map reveals smaller residential enclaves such as Lidice, Fairmont, and Michigan Beach, along with numerous parish schools like St Anne Sch and Holy Cross Sch that anchored these communities before the expansion of the modern interstate system.