Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Portland, Maine in historic USGS Topographical Maps

Watch the city grow while its wetlands shrink. These maps come courtesy of the UNH Dimond Library collection.

Click any of the images below for more detail, or click the year to view the source maps.

Portland, Maine, in 1891:



...and in 1916:



...and in 1957:

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