City plan for Akron, prepared for Chamber of commerce . Civic Survey. Topographic Map T^HE contour map serves to l)rin,if out in a clear, diagrammatic way, as?^ nothing else does, the chief features in the Akron district. In appear-ance Akron has been likened to an eagle with wings outspread. The headis represented by North Hill, a residential section, the body by the down-town business section. East Akron, one of the wings, is a residential andfactory section, and West Hill, the other wing, the best residential Akron, representing the tail, is the great industrial district. An e
City plan for Akron, prepared for Chamber of commerce . Civic Survey. Topographic Map T^HE contour map serves to l)rin,if out in a clear, diagrammatic way, as?^ nothing else does, the chief features in the Akron district. In appear-ance Akron has been likened to an eagle with wings outspread. The headis represented by North Hill, a residential section, the body by the down-town business section. East Akron, one of the wings, is a residential andfactory section, and West Hill, the other wing, the best residential Akron, representing the tail, is the great industrial district. An examination of the Topographic Map will disclose the main phjsicalfeatures of the city. To the north is the Cuyahoga River, with its gorge,while the city proper is divided into three hill units by the valleys of theLittle Cuyahoga and the Ohio Canal. North Hill rises to an elevation ofabout 230 feet, which is approximately 190 feet above the river and 100 feetbelow West Hill and East Akron, whose elevations are close to 330 uplands extend Ijack indefinite
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