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1969 Map of Ware

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Ware
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The Ware River corridor serves as the primary industrial and transport artery through this central Massachusetts landscape, connecting the mill settlements of Gilbertville and Wheelwright. These villages, along with Furnace, are situated at points where the river's descent provided power, later reinforced by the dual rail lines of the Boston and Maine and Penn Central railroads. The map reveals a transition from industrial valley floors to higher agricultural and institutional grounds, notably at Eagle Hill Sch and the Pioneer Valley Academy in New Braintree.

Upland features such as Mandell Hill and Ragged Hill separate the river valley from the drainage of Winimusset Brook. To the south, the village of Ware anchors the sheet, showing a more developed urban grid near the Aspen Grove Cemetery and the local Filtration Plant. This survey preserves the spatial relationship between the region's mid-century manufacturing centers and the surrounding dairy and timber lands of the West Brookfield State Forest.