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1892 Map of Norwich

Name: 1892 Topographic Map of Norwich
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1892
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1892

About this map

Norwich serves as the industrial and geographical hub of this nineteenth-century landscape, situated at the head of the Thames River where the Yantic River and Shetucket River converge. The area is defined by a dense network of late-Victorian rail lines, including the New London Northern Railroad and the New York and New England Railroad, which connected manufacturing centers like Willimantic, Baltic, and Taftville to coastal trade.

Beyond the river valleys, the terrain rises into numerous named heights such as Pautipaug Hill and Wawecus Hill, illustrating the scattered agricultural and residential settlement patterns of towns like Lebanon and Franklin. The map documents a specific moment of transition, showing established mill villages alongside more transient features such as the Camp Meeting ground near South Windham and the rural reaches of Bozrah and Sprague.