1953 Map of Mountain View

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Moffett Field Naval Air Station dominates the coastal landscape of this mid-century survey, its expansive Naval Reservation bordering the intricate Salt Evaporators of the South Bay. This era captures the Peninsula in a moment of rapid suburban expansion, where the established grid of Mountain View and Sunnyvale begins to envelop earlier agricultural communities like Castro City. The industrial and maritime character of the shoreline is marked by features like Cooley Landing and the winding Alviso Slough, while the Southern Pacific railroad line provides the primary transit spine for the growing residential districts.