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1972 Map of Springfield North

Name: 1972 Topographic Map of Springfield North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The industrial and urban heart of the Pioneer Valley is documented here during a period of infrastructure expansion in the early 1970s. The Connecticut River serves as the central spine, dividing Holyoke from South Hadley Falls, with the Holyoke Dam and its associated powerplant anchoring the river's bend. To the east, the sprawling footprint of Westover Air Force Base dominates the landscape, while the southern portion of the map transition into the residential and academic corridors of Springfield and Chicopee.

Educational and religious institutions are particularly dense, from Elms College and Hampden College to parochial anchors like St Georges Sch and St Stanislaus Sch. Transportation networks are in flux, showing the Massachusetts Turnpike and I 291 intersecting with the historic lines of the Boston and Maine and Conrail railroads. This survey detail includes numerous family-history landmarks, such as Notre Dame Cemetery and Ste Rose Cemetery, alongside community spaces like Szot Park and Blunt Park.