1966 Map of San Fernando

About this map

San Fernando and the northern reaches of the San Fernando Valley are shown here during a period of intense residential expansion and infrastructure development. The landscape is defined by its complex water management and transit networks, featuring the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the Pacoima Diversion Channel, and the large Hansen Dam Park (Flood Control Basin). The 1972 photo-revisions, shown in purple, reveal the rapidly growing urban footprint of neighborhoods like Pacoima and Sylmar, where new subdivisions and schools such as Sylmar High Sch and Haddon Ave Sch were filling in former agricultural lands.