1893 Map of Middletown

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Connecticut River navigation and a dense network of iron rails define this late nineteenth-century landscape, centered on the industrial and maritime activity of Middletown and Portland. The river's serpentine path is marked by features like Gildersleeve Island and The Cove near the State Prison in Wethersfield. Evidence of the region's complex geology and heavy industry is found at the White Rocks and the numerous named peaks of the Meshomasic Mountain range and Beseck Mountain.