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1948 Map of Olyphant

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Olyphant
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

The Lackawanna River corridor serves as the industrial and social spine of this region, where a dense cluster of coal-era boroughs including Olyphant, Blakely, and Dickson City sit tightly packed along the valley floor. The landscape is defined by the complex transport network required to move anthracite, featuring a heavy concentration of rail lines such as the Delaware and Hudson RR and the Erie RR.

Beyond the urban centers, the map reveals the social fabric of these immigrant-heavy mining communities through their numerous parochial institutions, including Holy Ghost Cem, St Michaels Ch, and the St Nicholas Orphanage near Elmhurst. As the terrain rises into the Moosic Mountains to the east, the industrial valley gives way to a network of high-elevation water supplies like Marshwood Reservoir and the recreational area surrounding Moosic Lakes.