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1898 Map of Troy

Name: 1898 Topographic Map of Troy
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1916
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1916

About this map

The Hudson River corridor serves as the industrial and transportation backbone for this late 19th-century landscape, dominated by the urban centers of Troy and Watervliet. While the riverfront is dense with rail lines like the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, the terrain to the east transitions into the upland townships of Poestenkill and Sandlake. A complex network of smaller waterways, including the Poesten Kill and Wynant Kill, drains these hills, once powering the early industrial hamlets of Albia and Barberville.

Further south and east, the map reveals a rural character defined by family-named landmarks and small clusters of settlement such as East Greenbush and Sliter. The emergence of early transit technology is evident in the New England Electric Railway, which connected the river cities to the interior lake districts. These water bodies, from Glass Lake to the elongated Burden Lake, suggest a shift toward the recreational and residential development that would eventually characterize the suburban outskirts of the capital region.