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1953 Map of Honker Bay

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Honker Bay
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

About this map

Pittsburg and its industrial waterfront anchor this mid-century survey of the confluence where the Sacramento River meets the Suisun Bay complex. The landscape is defined by a dense network of watercraft channels and low-lying landforms, including Chipps Island, Grizzly Island, and Wheeler Island, many of which are dotted with private gun clubs. On the southern shore, heavy industry and military logistics dominate the era, visible in the footprint of Camp Stoneman and the sprawling Naval Reservation near the foothills of Monte Del Diablo Canal.

Residential growth is evident in the emerging neighborhoods of Shore Acres, Ambrose, and West Pittsburg. Local infrastructure includes the Southern Pacific and Sacramento Northern railroads, which serviced a shoreline lined with a Chemical Plant and an Oil Refinery. This map documents a critical period of post-war development in Solano and Contra Costa counties before the later 20th-century expansion changed the character of these marshy straits.