1944 Map of State Line

About this map

Richmond Furnace stands as a testament to the industrial history along the border of New York and Massachusetts during the mid-1940s. The landscape is defined by the sharp divide of the New York Massachusetts state line, where the infrastructure of the New York Massachusetts and Albany RR and the New York New Haven and Hartford RR supported a region defined by both industry and rural education. Local life centered around small hubs like Austerlitz and Williamsville, with rural schools such as Red Rock Sch and Fog Hill Sch serving the scattered hill farm populations.