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1970 Map of Lynn

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Lynn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Lynn dominates this coastal landscape, showing a dense mid-century urban fabric defined by a network of public schools, neighborhood churches like St Marys Ch, and expansive burial grounds including Pine Grove Cemetery. The relationship between the city and its water dominates the geography, with the industrial Saugus River corridor and Lynn Harbor contrasting with the more recreational shoreline of Swampscott and the thin land bridge leading to Nahant.

Transport infrastructure connects these north shore communities via the Boston and Maine railroad and the Lynnway, which crosses the General Edwards Bridge. Further south, the map details the developments at Revere and the Suffolk Downs Station, capturing a moment before significant late-20th-century redevelopment. The topography ranges from the rocky heights of Mt Gilead in the Lynn Woods to the exposed ledge at Egg Rock in Nahant Bay.