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1898 Map of Troy

Name: 1898 Topographic Map of Troy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1909
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1909

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The Hudson River corridor serves as the industrial and transit spine of Rensselaer County in this late-19th-century survey. Urban density is concentrated at Troy and Watervliet, where several islands like Green Island and Cuyler Island divide the river's flow. Moving eastward, the landscape transitions from the riverfront rail hubs of the Boston and Albany Railroad and N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. to a rural interior of rolling hills and scattered settlements.

The presence of the Troy and New England Railway provides a fascinating look at early interurban transit reaching toward Averill Park and Sand Lake. This era highlights the importance of water power and small-scale industry in hamlets like Glasshouse and Alps, while interior high points such as Curtis Mountain and Teller Hill overlook a network of tributary streams including the Wynants Kill and Poesten Kill.