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1902 Map of Oneida

Name: 1902 Topographic Map of Oneida
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1905
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1905

About this map

The industrial and social evolution of central New York is etched across the landscape of Oneida at the turn of the century. The map documents a critical transition in American transportation, featuring the active Erie Canal alongside the New Oneida Lake Canal (Abandoned) and the Old Oneida Lake Canal, illustrating how shipping routes were repeatedly engineered and retired. This network is further layered with numerous railroads, including the New York Central and Hudson River R.R. and the West Shore R.R., which bypassed older water-based settlements like Stacy Basin and Higginsville.

Social history is preserved in the location of the Oneida Community and neighboring Kenwood, reflecting the area's unique 19th-century communal experiments. To the north, the recreational shoreline at Sylvan Beach on Oneida Lake contrasts with the industrial centers of Sherrill and Oneida Castle. The terrain rises sharply toward the south at West Stockbridge Hill, marking the boundary between the flat canal lands and the upland farms of Stockbridge and Lincoln.