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1954 Map of Troy North

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Troy North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

The confluence of the Hudson -- Champlain -- Canal -- River and the Mohawk River anchors this 1954 survey, illustrating the industrial and navigational importance of the Capital District. The city of Troy and the village of Waterford are shown in dense detail, connected by the Delaware and Hudson railroad and numerous bridges across the river islands. Large tracts of cemetery land, such as Oakwood Cemetery and Waterford Rural Cem, border the residential areas, while the landscape rises towards Bald Mountain in the northeast.

Institutional growth is evident in the cluster of schools and churches, including the Knickerbacker Jr High Sch and St Michaels Cem. To the west, Cohoes and Green Island sit at the hydraulic heart of the region, where the canals and rivers bypass rugged elevation changes. Small outlying settlements like Speigletown and Boght Corners represent the mid-century suburban fringe before the heavy expansion of the later twentieth century.