U.S. War Department map of Love Canal area showing original canal excavation, 1940

Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection

Niagara Falls (N.Y.) -- Maps

Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) -- Maps

United States. War Dept.

A close-up view of a reddish topographic map depicting part of La Salle, New York. The map includes labeled areas such as 91st Street Park and Jayne Park, with multiple elevation benchmarks marked (e.g., BM 571, BM 572, BM 578). Streets, railroads, and rivers—including the Little River—are visible, along with shaded regions representing elevation contours and plot divisions. The map also features smaller labeled streets and residential blocks, including 97th Street and the surrounding grid.

Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-

State University of New York at Buffalo

University Archives

1940

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MS100.179

LIB-UA003

1/28/2009

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