1900 Map of Tonawanda

About this map

North Tonawanda and the neighboring Tonawanda anchor the southern reach of this survey, serving as the industrial nexus where the Erie Canal meets the Niagara River. This landscape is defined by the heavy infrastructure of late nineteenth-century commerce, featuring a dense network of competing rail lines including the Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg R. R. and the Lehigh Valley R.R.. To the north, the terrain transitions into the agrarian townships of Lewiston and Cambria, marked by the Tuscarora Indian Reservation situated along the distinct escarpment near Pekin. Small settlements like Bergholtz and Sanborn dot the crossroads between the river and the northern orchards. The map reveals the intricate drainage of Cayuga Creek and Sawyer Creek, illustrating the area's development before the full expansion of the Buffalo metropolitan suburbs.