1950 Map of Oldtown

About this map

Potomac River meanders define the border between Maryland and West Virginia in this 1950s era survey, where the historic Chesapeake and Ohio Canal parallels the riverbank near Oldtown. This landscape is a corridor of early American transport, showing the Baltimore and Ohio RR and Western Maryland railroad lines navigating the tight bends of the river valley. The map documents the industrial and social infrastructure of the mid-century, from the Mill at Oldtown to small upland settlements like Gerlock and Pumpkin Center.