Looking for historical info on this part of Bridgeport
I am specifically interested in knowing what was on the land to the west of what is now Shirk Place - adjacent to Bechtel Park and the naturalized area.
I can see on archival maps that the entire area was once the mill pond, but the area has such an extreme drop between the stream to the south and the scrub land that touches on Becthel to the north that I can't understand how that could allow for a pond, even given sedimentation over the years. Next, that scrub area has ridges and shapes in the land that suggest maybe once a large building was there? And if you follow the path heading west and then north, there is a drop into a lower plain and there are huge concrete rocks that look like a foundation. The entire thing looks like abandoned and ruined industry but I'm not finding any info in a general online search. So maybe some folks here have info from their own memories.
Edit: looking at the present map again I'm wondering if the pond was on the south side of the stream, below the elevation, filling that low lying area between parking lots and housing.
