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Fair Haven Shelled

In 1876, East Grand was shelled.” No, neither foreign powers nor angry East Haveners were lobbing shells of the military kind, but those of the ubiquitous oyster that, at sixty cents a bushel, made for an excellent hard and bright new finish for a busy section of road.,Welcome to This Day In Road Paving History as your host Allan Appel and time-traveling co-pilot Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum take you back.

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