
Reading serves as the industrial and transportation nexus of Berks County in the 1890s, where the Schuylkill River and the Schuylkill Canal intersect with a dense network of iron and coal-hauling rail lines. The city's growth is clearly bounded by the steep elevations of Mt. Penn and Neversink Mt, forcing development along the river flats and into the neighboring Muhlenberg and Cumru townships.
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1889 · Pottsville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1891 · Pottsville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1894 · Reading
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1902 · Boyertown
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1902 · Wernersville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1902 · Slatington
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1905 · Honey Brook
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1906 · Phoenixville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1906 · New Holland
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1907 · Honeybrook
USGS Topo · 1:62,500