Historic Map : U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Antique Map of Niagara County, New York (with Niagara Falls), 1913, Vintage Wall Art

This is a fine 1913 topographic map of the Niagara County including the Niagara River and the Niagara Falls, in New York by the U. S. Geological Survey. The map covers from Lake Ontario to Tonawanda and from Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada and the Niagara River east as far as Newstead. The map notes several towns, rivers, creeks, cliffs, railroads, roads, buildings, bridges, ferry lines, and a host of additional topographical features. A legend is included along the right margin. This map was originally created in May 1899 and was reprinted in May 1913 with corrections. Topography is by U.S. Lake Survey, Frank Sutton, E. B. Clark and J. H. Wheat surveyed in 1893 and 1896 in cooperation with the state of New York, with triangulation by U.S. Land Survey under the supervision of H.M. Wilson, Geographer in charge. Issued in 1913 by the U.S. Geological Survey with George Otis Smith, Director, as part of Geological Atlas of the United States, Niagara Folio, New York, by E.M. Kindle and Frank. B. Taylor.