1902 Map of Weedsport

About this map

The Erie Canal and Seneca Canal define the industrial and transit character of this Central New York landscape at the turn of the century. The southern portion of the map is a dense corridor of transportation, where the West Shore R.R. and New York Central and Hudson River R.R. parallel the canal through Weedsport, Port Byron, and the marshy lowlands of Montezuma. This infrastructure contrasts sharply with the drumlin-filled northern sections near Victory and Ira, where the terrain is dominated by steep, elongated hills and scattered water bodies like Duck Lake.