1892 Map of Milwaukee

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Milwaukee's urban grid and industrial waterfront dominate this late nineteenth-century landscape, as recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey under Director J.W. Powell. The city is shown as a dense hub of transport, where the Milwaukee River and Menomonee River converge before meeting the expansive shoreline of Lake Michigan. Outside the central city core, the map reveals a transition into the more rural townships of Wauwatosa and Granville, characterized by a sparse network of roads and the emerging village of Whitefish Bay.