1952 Map of New Brighton

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Twin Cities Arsenal dominates the central landscape of this early 1950s survey, representing a significant military-industrial footprint between the developing suburbs of New Brighton and Arden Hills. The map captures a transitional era for Ramsey County, where large institutional tracts and lakefront properties began to give way to organized residential blocks. A notable network of water bodies, including Lake Johanna, Turtle Lake, and Lake Owasso, are interspersed with essential local infrastructure like the Twin Cities Speedway and several expansive burial grounds such as Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery and Hillside Cemetery.