
The industrial and maritime character of Lorain is defined by its position on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Black River. This 1969 survey, revised with late-1970s urban data, shows a landscape shaped by steel and shipping, from the Turning Basin and Drydocks to the complex rail corridors of the Norfolk and Western and Baltimore and Ohio. The dense neighborhood structures of South Lorain and Homewood are visible alongside numerous parochial schools such as St Nicholas Sch and St Ladislaus Sch, reflecting the community's mid-century social fabric.
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1901 · Oberlin
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1903 · Vermilion
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1903 · Oberlin
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1953 · Grafton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Avon
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Toledo
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1959 · Vermilion East
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1959 · Kipton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1960 · Oberlin
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1960 · Lorain
USGS Topo · 1:24,000