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1941 Map of San German

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of San German
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

San German serves as the focal point of this pre-war survey, divided into its historical urban cores of Pueblo Occidental, Pueblo Central, and Pueblo Oriental. The landscape reflects a deeply agricultural and industrial era, characterized by numerous sugar-producing estates such as Central Eureka and family-named landholdings like Hacienda Margarita, Hacienda Luisa, and Hacienda Beatriz Soledad. The American R. R. and Linea Porto Rico railroads provide the primary transportation arteries, threading through the valleys near the Rio Guanajibo.

Cultural landmarks are well-represented, including the Instituto Politecnico and a variety of religious sites such as the Iglesia Presbiteriana and Iglesia de Perpetuo Socorro. In the southern portion of the quadrangle, the expansive Laguna Cartagena dominates the coastal plain near Llanos Costa, illustrating the natural hydrology before extensive modernization altered the region's drainage patterns.