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Another excellent depiction of the West River salt marsh, showing the outline of the "point" from which Oyster Point/City Point derived its name. The grid of new streets is shown. Hallock died in 1866, so the farmhouse he rented out [@ Fifth & Howard] is labelled "Hallock Est[ate]". His home on Cedar St. has not yet been moved, but now is owned by the "N[ew] Y[ork] & N[ew] H[aven] R.R. Co." W. Water St. already has been obliterated by the r.r. co.The name "Oyster Point" is placed between Fifth & Sixth Sts. where Bay View Park later will be developed. The West River salt meadow encroaches on part of Kimberly Av. Down the center of Kimberly Ave. is the horse-drawn railway between "New Haven,West Haven & Savin Rock". By the 1890s this will be electrified & extend down Howard Ave.

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