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Author: Maria Giannuzzi Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738549668 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
In 1824, a group of prominent Hartford businessmen formed the Connecticut River Company to construct a canal that would bypass the treacherous rapids of Enfield Falls and extend navigation along the Connecticut River. Soon boats were a frequent sight in the village of Windsor Locks, named after the locks of the canal that ran alongside Main Street. Mills also sprang up in the area, utilizing the canals water to power their manufacturing operations. Today the canal has taken on a more historical, ecological, and recreational significance. Home to diverse plant and animal species, it is an excellent place to enjoy sweeping views of the Connecticut River and to see the factories that played a big part in the regions history.
Author: Maria Giannuzzi Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738549668 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
In 1824, a group of prominent Hartford businessmen formed the Connecticut River Company to construct a canal that would bypass the treacherous rapids of Enfield Falls and extend navigation along the Connecticut River. Soon boats were a frequent sight in the village of Windsor Locks, named after the locks of the canal that ran alongside Main Street. Mills also sprang up in the area, utilizing the canals water to power their manufacturing operations. Today the canal has taken on a more historical, ecological, and recreational significance. Home to diverse plant and animal species, it is an excellent place to enjoy sweeping views of the Connecticut River and to see the factories that played a big part in the regions history.
Author: Melvin Montemerlo Publisher: Melvin D. Montemerlo ISBN: 0999576100 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 433
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This is the first of a series of four books on the history of Windsor Locks, Connecticut. It contains 38 chapters about important people, places and events in the history of Windsor Locks. Windsor Locks history goes from 1663, when the first settlers reached the Pine Meadow section of the town of Windsor, CT. In 1854, the Pine Meadow section of WIndsor was incorporated into the separate town of Windsor Locks. So the history of WIndsor Locks goes from 1663 to the current time (2022), which is about three and a half centuries. The first two books of this series present chapters on important people, places and events in that history. Windsor Locks History: Volume III presents a number of sets of photo of the town taken from about 1880 to 1960, and as well as more descriptive chapters. The fourth book in the series is "Understanding Windsor Locks History", which focusses on the overeall structure of that history, dividing the three and a half centuries into four distinct phases that the town's evolution that the tow has gone through. It presents "chronological historiies" of the town by three different people, and ties together the stories of the first three books to the chronological history of the town. Descriptive histories give detailed accounts of the people, places and events, while the chronological histories list the events in the order in which they occurred. You can read either approach first, but tying the two together results in a deeper understanding of the town's history.
Author: Melvin Montemerlo Publisher: Melvin Montemerlo ISBN: 0999576178 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 326
Book Description
This is the fourth book in a four-volume set on the history of WIndsor Locks, CT. The first two volumes contain chapters on the important people, places and events of the town's history, which started in the mid 1600s. This third volume has a number of collections of photographs of the town that were taken in various years from 1880 to 1960, as well as chapters on specific people places and events. This fourth volume in the series is about the overall structure of the history of the town. It divides the 350 year history into four phases: Settlers, Main Street Commerce, Bradley Field Area Commerce, and Residential Community. This volume has 31 chapters, 277 pages and approximately 500 old photos of WIndsor Locks.
Author: Daniel 1864-1967 Howard Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781022885813 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This meticulously researched history tells the story of one of America's oldest and most intriguing towns. From its early colonial origins to its crucial role in the Revolutionary War and beyond, Old Windsor has been a center of industry and innovation in New England for centuries. With vivid detail and engaging storytelling, Howard brings the town's rich history to life. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Melvin Montemerlo Publisher: Melvin Montemerlo ISBN: 0999576135 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
This is the second book in a four volume set on the history of WIndsor Locks, Connecticut. The first two volumes contain chapters on the important people, places and events of the town's history, which started in the mid 1600s. The third volume has a number of collections of photographs of the town that were taken in various years from 1880 to 1960, as well as chapters on specific people places and events. The fourth volume in the series is about the overall structure of the history of the town. It divides the 350 year history into four phases: Settlers, Main Street Commerce, Bradley Field Area Commerce, and Residential Community. This volume (Volume II) has 42 chapters, 360 pages and approximately 500 old photos of WIndsor Locks.
Author: Leslie Matthews Stansfield Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738513232 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 132
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Transportation has always played an important role in Windsor Locks, a Connecticut River town in the north central part of the state named for the canal locks built here in 1829. Expansion continued after the arrival of the railroad in the late 1860s; today, the town is an aviation center with an international airport and an important air museum. Windsor Locks explores the one-hundred-fifty-year-old town through vintage images and lively narrative, into which are woven stories of the past drawn from interviews with longtime residents. Interesting historical details include New England's first Christmas tree, created on a local farm when, in the German custom, a Hessian soldier decorated a tree; and the first female governor to be elected in her own right, Ella Grasso, born and raised here.
Author: Melvin D. Montemerlo Publisher: Melvin D. Montemerlo ISBN: 0999576151 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 274
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This is the sixth book of my series on Windsor Locks history. They are, in chronological order: Windsor Locks History, Windsor Locks History: Volume II, Windsor Locks History: Volume III, Windsor Locks Musicians, Understanding Windsor Locks History, and this book. They are an encyclopedia. Each book, including this one, has about 40 chapters on important people, places and events in the hsitory of Windsor Locks from 1663 to the present time (2023). The chapters are not meant to be read in any order. There are meant to provide a comprehensive history of the town. Use of a computer allows you to scan the Table of Contents in each book to see the topics it contains.
Author: Melvin Montemerlo Publisher: ISBN: 9780999576113 Category : Languages : en Pages : 428
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This book presents the history of the town of Windsor Locks, Connecticut from the early 1800s to 1970. The main focus of the book is the period from the early 1900s, when the European immigrants came into the town, to 1970, when the Main Street redevelopment project happened. About 400 old photographs and 150 old newspaper articles help the reader visualize the town¿s history. The chapters include:¿ 1. Growing up in Windsor Locks in the 1940s, 50s and 60s,2. Ice Cream Stores of Windsor Locks, 3. Earliest Pizza and Grinder Shops of Windsor Locks, 4. Johnny Cappa and Johnny¿s Market, 5. Sisitzky¿s Market, 6. Bert¿s Market, 7. Aldo Sartirana¿s Oak Street Market, 8. Marconi Brothers¿ Luncheonette (Wuzzy¿s), 9. Stella¿s Charles-Ten Restaurant, 10. Macaluso¿s Market, 11.Tony Basile and his Shoe Repair Shop, 12.D. F. LaRussa and his Appliance Store, 13.The Beehive Building, 14.The Rialto Theater, 15. Windsor Locks¿ Hotel on Main Street, 16. Burnap Block and Central Hall, 17.History of the Ashmere Estate, 18.Blanche¿s Bowling Alley and the Princess/Palace Theater, 19. Windsor Locks¿ Macaroni Manufacturing Company, 20. St Oronzo of Turi and of Windsor Locks, 21. One Ferry and Three Bridges, 22. Windsor Locks¿ First Ambulance, 23. Drum Corps of Windsor Locks, 24. Windsor Locks Catastrophes, 25. Leo Montemerlo¿s Map of Downtown Windsor Locks Businesses, 26. Ettore F. Carniglia: Windsor Locks¿ Most Beloved Son, 27. Ella Grasso: Windsor Locks Woman Becomes Governor, 28. Hugh Montgomery: Extraordinary Windsor Locks Citizen, 29 Interview with Hugh Montgomery at age 93, 30. Wilson Taylor: A Boy From Windsor Locks Becomes a Titan of Industry, 31. The Dexter Dynasty,32. The 15 Blocks of Windsor Locks, 33. The Rise and Fall of the Windsor Locks Canal and the Factories Along It, 34. Jack Redmond: Windsor Locks Historian, 35. Red Leary: Athlete, Entrepreneur and Community Leader, 36. Socioeconomic Analysis of Windsor Locks 1960-1980, 37. Why did the Population of Windsor Locks Drop by 20% in the 1970s?, 38. Windsor Locks History Publications: an Annotated Bibliography.
Author: Maria Giannuzzi
Author: Maria Giannuzzi
Author: Henry Reed Stiles
Author: Melvin Montemerlo
Author: Melvin Montemerlo
Author: Daniel 1864-1967 Howard
Author: Melvin Montemerlo
Author: Jabez Haskell Hayden
Author: Leslie Matthews Stansfield
Author: Melvin D. Montemerlo
Author: Melvin Montemerlo