1899 Map of Stamford

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Stamford and Greenwich dominate the Long Island Sound shoreline in this late-19th-century survey, revealing a landscape defined by its coastal harbors and maturing inland settlements. The coastal infrastructure is anchored by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad and the Stamford Harbor L.H. at Peck Pt. On the western edge, Port Chester and East Port Chester sit just across the state line, while further inland, the village of Bedford Station serves the Harlem Div. line. The terrain transitions from the salt marshes of Greenwich Cove and Cosob Harbor to the inland ridges of Poundridge and Lewisboro. Local water sources such as Byram Lake, Trinity Lake, and the Mianus River crisscross the boundary between Westchester and Fairfield counties, tracing the drainage patterns that shaped early industrial and residential development long before the mid-century suburban expansion.