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1947 Map of Oakland East

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Oakland East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

The Berkeley Hills and Moraga Valley define the rugged eastern backdrop of the East Bay in this late 1940s survey. Dense urban development blankets the flats and foothills of Oakland, Berkeley, and Alameda, revealing a landscape transition from the campus of the University of California down to the industrial waterfront of the Tidal Canal and Brooklyn Basin.

A notable concentration of institutional and recreational infrastructure is visible, including the Oak Knoll Naval Hospital and the Chabot Observatory. In the interior, the map shows the watershed and timberlands of Redwood Regional Park and Joaquin Miller Park, where the ridge separates the coastal city from the developing suburban communities of Orinda and Moraga. The Southern Pacific rail lines and extensive local school system, from Oakland High School to the California School for Blind and Deaf, provide a detailed record of the region's civic growth.