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1956 Map of Plattsburgh

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Plattsburgh
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Lake Champlain serves as the central artery for this mid-century survey, dividing the bustling industrial and military hub of Plattsburgh from the agricultural islands of Grand Isle and South Hero in Vermont. The western shore is dominated by the Plattsburgh Air Force Base and the institutional presence of State Teachers College, while the Delaware and Hudson RR tracks follow the coastline south toward Ausable Chasm.

Transit patterns of the era are clearly defined by the ferry crossings at Gordon Landing and Cumberland Head, which linked the mainland to the island-bound Rutland RR. The landscape transitions from the urbanized Saranac River mouth to the rugged elevations of Trembleau Mountain near Port Kent. This documentation captures the region just as postwar aviation and highway development began to reshape the old rail-and-water economy of the Champlain Valley.