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1960 Map of Ravenna

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Ravenna
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The city of Ravenna serves as a dense hub of civic and educational life on this map, showing several specialized structures including the Courthouse, High Sch, and Highland Sch. To the east, the landscape transitions into the expansive U S Military Reservation Ravenna Arsenal, a significant Cold War era installation that dominates the central portion of the quadrangle. The southern region is defined by the creation of the Michael J Kirwan Reservoir along the Mahoning River, a major water management project that altered the local topography.

Industrial and transport corridors are well-defined, with the Ohio Turnpike cutting across the northern reaches near Shalersville and Freedom. Rail researchers can trace the routes of the Erie Lackawanna and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as they converge toward the urban center. Smaller settlements like Augerburg and Freedom Sta provide snapshots of more localized rail-side development and rural crossroads.