1915 Map of Superior

About this map

Superior dominates the landscape as a major industrial hub at the head of the Great Lakes, where a dense grid of city streets meets the intricate shorelines of St Louis Bay and Allouez Bay. This era of the Twin Ports is defined by an intensive network of competing rail lines, including the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific, which lace through the surrounding wetlands and timbered ridges. To the west, corporate industrial planning is visible at Morgan Park and Steelton, settlements designed to serve the iron and steel trade along the St Louis River. The southern portions of the sheet transition into the South Range, where the geography becomes more rural and is punctuated by country schools such as Selden School and Kerwin School, and the dramatic geography of Manitou Falls on the Black River.