AlliedSignal Site - Block & Point Streets
In 1845 Isaac Tyson Jr. founded America's first and largest bichromate factory on this peninsula. Chromium was processed here for over 140 years. During the 1990s, the 22-acre site has undergone a multi-million dollar environmental cleanup in preparation for future development by the Allied Signal Corporation, the owner since 1954. The peninsula was originally shaped like a hook (see map) and was inhabited by "ladies of the night". These circumstances prompted one historian to suggest that this site is responsible for the term "hooker".