1957 Map of Manlius

About this map

Chittenango Creek and Limestone Creek define the drainage of this central New York landscape, which by the late 1950s was adapting to the presence of the New York State Thruway. The map captures a transitional infrastructure era where the New York Central Railroad remains a dominant corridor even as modernization takes hold. Evidence of earlier commerce is preserved in the Erie Canal (Abandoned), which winds across the northern half of the sheet, providing a sharp contrast to the high-speed transit of the era.