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1953 Map of Sag Bridge

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Sag Bridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

The Des Plaines River valley serves as a bustling industrial and transport corridor through Cook and Du Page counties, where the Illinois and Michigan Canal runs parallel to the newer Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. This landscape is defined by the convergence of major infrastructure, including the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad and the Gulf Mobile and Ohio lines. Within this network lie unique institutional sites like the City of Chicago Correction Farm and the massive Argonne National Laboratory Reservation.

South of the river, the terrain shifts into the preserved woodlands of the Palos Forest Preserve, containing the Saganashkee Slough and Maple Lake. Local social life in the 1950s is reflected in the numerous rural schools like Weir Sch and Yunker Sch, alongside recreational hubs such as the Cog Hill Country Club. The map also meticulously records numerous burial grounds, from the historic St James Ch and its cemetery to the sprawling Mount Vernon Memorial Park Cemetery.