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1931 Map of Montgomery

Name: 1931 Topographic Map of Montgomery
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

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The Kanawha River serves as the industrial spine of this coal-country landscape, where the Chesapeake and Ohio and Kanawha and Michigan railroads parallel the water. The regional center of Montgomery anchors a dense network of company towns and rail-dependent settlements like Shrewsbury, Handley, and Deepwater. Heavy industry is evident at the Pure Oil Refinery near Cabin Creek Junction, while the river's navigation is managed by Lock 2 and Lock 3.

The complex topography of Fayette and Kanawha counties is etched with numerous hollows and forks, including Armstrong Creek and Witcher Creek. Local social infrastructure is captured through features like the Cannelton No 4 Sch and Hugheston Sch. The presence of the Virginian railway line near Page further illustrates the era's intensive extraction economy, where rail lines and settlements are tightly packed into the narrow valleys between ridges like Payne Knob.