JJJ > Detail from 1902 US Coast and Geodetic Survey shows island buildings including development at Point O'Woods. Full map available through University of New Hampshire.
JJJ > A detail view from an 1873 map shows the steamboat line from Babylon to the Surf hotel. Two other hotels are indicated near present-day Saltaire, while the railroad extension to the Babylon dock was never built.

Surf hotel guests could also arrive at the hotel by twice-daily steamships direct from Manhattan or by private yacht.
JJJ > Detail from 1755 map shows "South Beach of Sand and Stones" (Thomas Jeffereys, A map of the most inhabited part of New England, London, 1755)
Full map at LOC
Detail from 1902 US Coast and Geodetic Survey shows island buildings including development at Point O'Woods.
Full map available through University of New Hampshire.
JJJ > Detail from 1902 US Coast and Geodetic Survey shows island buildings including development at Point O'Woods. Full map available through University of New Hampshire.
Detail from 1902 US Coast and Geodetic Survey shows island buildings including development at Point O'Woods.
Full map available through University of New Hampshire.
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