1900 Map of Remsen

About this map

The Black River Canal and the Black River define the industrial and transit corridor of this Central New York landscape at the turn of the century. As a critical water management area, the sheet documents the massive Hinckley Reservoir and the essential power source at Trenton Falls. The topography is dominated by the transition from the upper Mohawk Valley toward the southwestern Adirondack foothills, where timber and water power sustained communities like Forestport and Hinckley.