1893 Map of New London

About this map

The Thames River serves as the central artery for this 1890s coastal survey, revealing a bustling maritime and industrial corridor in southeastern Connecticut. The densely developed streets of New London and Groton face one another across the water, flanked by critical military and navigational sites including the US Naval Station and Ft Trumbull. This era was defined by a complex network of competing rail lines, with the New York Providence and Boston Railroad and the New London Northern Railroad converging on the harbor. Inland, the landscape transitions to the mill-powered valleys of Montville and Waterford, where Oxoboxo Brook winds through small manufacturing hamlets like Uncasville and Montville. The map captures the shoreline before modern expansion, detailing the natural reach of the Niantic River and the quiet, family-named coves of the Poquonoc Plains.