Bird’s-eye View Binghamton – 1882

Historical 1882 panoramic map of Binghamton

This antique cartographic print displays a detailed 1882 bird’s-eye view of Binghamton, New York, captured during its late-nineteenth-century industrial expansion. Drawn and published by panoramic artist Lucien R. Burleigh, the monochromatic lithograph presents an elevated southwest perspective of the settlement, showcasing its dense residential housing, growing blocks of commercial downtown properties, and tidy street grid patterns that earned it the nickname “Parlor City.”

Binghamton river convergence and railway infrastructure

The lower margin features a stylized banner title block highlighting the community’s geographic placement at the scenic confluence of the Chenango River and the Susquehanna River. The detailed landscape illustrates major crossroads, iron bridges, and extensive railway traffic routes, alongside landmark industrial facilities and municipal structures like the prominent New York State Inebriate Asylum building nestled in the surrounding hillside terrain.