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1900 Map of Staten Island

Name: 1900 Topographic Map of Staten Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1906
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1906

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Staten Island and the surrounding industrial waterways of Newark Bay and the Upper Bay dominate this turn-of-the-century survey. The landscape of Richmond Borough is a mix of developing residential hubs and specialized industrial settlements, such as the company town of Linoleumville. Along the eastern shore, heavy coastal defenses including Fort Wadsworth and Fort Tompkins guard The Narrows, while the harbor islands of Ellis Island and Liberty Id. sit positioned near the bustling rail terminals of Communipaw.

The New Jersey side of the Kill van Kull reveals a dense network of rail lines including the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the Lehigh Valley R.R., which serviced the industrial waterfronts of Elizabethport and Bayway. Inland, the terrain transitions into the marshlands of Fresh Kills and Great Island, illustrating the complex geography before the massive 20th-century urban transformations and landfill projects altered the archipelago's shoreline.