1955 Map of Wood River
USGS Topo · Published 1975About this map
Industrial infrastructure and the expansion of the St. Louis metropolitan area converge along the Mississippi River in this detailed 1955 survey, with updates through the mid-1970s. The landscape is defined by the massive Oil Refinery complex in Hartford and Roxana, surrounded by a dense network of transport including the Chain of Rocks Canal and the Cahokia Diversion Channel. This era of growth is marked by the nascent Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville Campus) and the expansion of residential tracts in Wood River and South Roxana.
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