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1898 Map of Schenectady

Name: 1898 Topographic Map of Schenectady
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1925
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1925

About this map

The Mohawk River serves as the industrial and transportation spine of this late 19th-century landscape, flanked by the Erie Canal and a dense network of competing rail lines. The city of Schenectady is shown in significant detail, illustrating its growth as a rail hub where the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and the Delaware and Hudson R. R. converge. Further north, the landscape transitions into a series of smaller hamlets and rural crossroads such as Jonesville, Burnt Hills, and Charlton.

Water-based transit remains vital to the local economy, evidenced by river crossings like Vischer Ferry and Dunsbach Ferry. To the northeast, the resort character of the region appears near Ballston Spa and the shores of Round Lake and Saratoga Lake. Small settlements like Rexford Flats and Aqueduct mark the engineering points where the canal navigated the river's geography, while family-named locales like Groom Corners and Town House Corners indicate the established agricultural community of the era.