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1975 Map of Mount Tom

Name: 1975 Topographic Map of Mount Tom
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

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Mount Tom and the prominent ridge of East Mountain dominate the central landscape of this 1975 orthophoto, a rare aerial-based study from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Works. The imagery reveals the industrial and residential concentration of Holyoke tucked along the eastern bank of the Connecticut River, contrasted by the broader agricultural and suburban patterns emerging in Southampton and Westfield.

Detailed aerial views capture the infrastructure of the era, from the distinct runways near Hampton Ponds to the winding course of the Manhan River. The presence of Cayenne in the southeast provides a specific point of interest for local historians tracking the development of the Pioneer Valley's smaller named districts. This perspective, captured just before the 1980s, offers an unfiltered view of the region's land use and forest cover.