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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