Oystering Near the Granby Street Bridge

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Oystering Near the Granby Street Bridge
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Rogers Cathey (b. 1934) remembers when it was not unusual to see 8 or 10 oyster boats at a time tonging for oysters during the season in the waters off of Lakewood -- between the Granby Street bridge and the Lakewood bridge areas -- up to the 1940s. He also recalled that the water was very clear and sandy; and wonders whether sewage dumped may have ultimately helped cause its dirtying. (Rogers Cathey, Interview by Irwin Berent, February 2004)