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1908 Map of Lewiston

Name: 1908 Topographic Map of Lewiston
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1912
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1912

About this map

Industrial and rural Maine intersect along the Androscoggin River at the dawn of the twentieth century. The dense urban grid of Lewiston and New Auburn stands in sharp contrast to the surrounding countryside of Greene, Wales, and Webster. This landscape is defined by its complex transportation network, where traditional lines like the Maine Central Road and its Farmington Branch are augmented by the Lewiston & Brunswick Electric Railway, which linked the mills to outlying communities like Lisbon Falls.

Beyond the city centers, the map documents a terrain of family-named hills and specialized sites such as Windsor Spring and the Fish Hatchery near Monmouth. Smaller settlements like South Lewiston and numerous rural schools, including the No Name School and Wheeler School, provide critical data for genealogists tracing local families during this era of agricultural transition and burgeoning hydroelectric power.