Join Free
1893 Map of Mahanoy, 1910 Print
Loading...
Loading map...

1893 Map of Mahanoy

USGS Topo · Published 1910

About this map

Shenandoah and Mahanoy City anchor this industrial landscape during the late nineteenth-century peak of Pennsylvania anthracite production. The map reveals a complex web of transport infrastructure required to move coal from the mountains to market, including the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and the Lehigh Valley Railroad. These lines wind through the high ridges of Mahanoy Mountain and Locust Mountain, connecting coal patches and company towns. The dense network of spurs and junctions, such as Delano Junction and Quakake Junction, illustrates the competitive nature of the regional rail economy. Beyond the mines, smaller agricultural and residential settlements like Ringtown and New London (Nuremberg) occupy the valleys, while reservoirs like the Silver Creek Reservoir highlight the region's managed water resources. This survey captures the height of a dominant extraction era before mid-twentieth-century industrial shifts transformed the valley.

Find a feature on this map

106 named features on this map. Tap any name to fly to it.

Don’t see what you’re looking for? This feature index may not catch every label — zoom into the map to look around manually.

Map Details

Date Portrayed1893
Date Published1910
PublisherU.S. Geological Survey
Map TypeTopographic
Scale1:62,500
Physical Dimensions15.2 x 19.8 inches

Editions of this 1893 Mahanoy Map

Historical Maps of Shenandoah Through Time

26 maps found

Featured Locations

Source Details

SourceU.S. Geological Survey
CopyrightPublic Domain