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1968 Map of Waterbury

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Waterbury
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

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The Naugatuck River valley serves as the industrial and transit spine for this 1968 study, showing Waterbury at a peak of post-war density. The city center is a complex grid of urban infrastructure, featuring Riverside Cemetery and the Waterbury Country Club amidst rising hills. Purple tints indicate significant urban expansion since the earlier 1944 topography, particularly around Town Plot Hill and Bunker Hill.

To the west and south, the landscape shifts toward managed natural spaces like the Mattatuck State Forest and the recently developed Hop Brook Lake. Educational and religious institutions are densely clustered, including Taft Sch in Watertown and Sacred Heart High Sch in the city core. Rail corridors belonging to the Penn Central and Boston and Maine emphasize the area's continued importance as a Connecticut manufacturing hub.