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1946 Map of Waymart

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Waymart
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

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The Clinton Mountains and Moosic Mountains dominate this 1946 topography, forming a high, wooded barrier between the anthracite industrial centers and the farming plateaus to the east. In the west, Carbondale and Simpson sit along the Lackawanna River, where the landscape is heavily marked by strip mines and the busy corridors of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. These industrial sites contrast sharply with the eastern half of the map, which centers on the borough of Waymart and the rural crossroads of South Canaan.

Evidence of the region's diverse institutional history is found at the Fairview State Hospital on its prominent hilltop and the Russian Monastery near South Canaan. Water management is a major theme, seen through the numerous reservoirs such as Brownell Reservoir and Reservoir No 4 that suggest the growing water needs of the valley's urban populations. The transition from industrial rail lines to recreational lakes like Lake Lodore highlights the dual character of this Pennsylvania landscape.