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Connecticut Water Trails

Basic Concepts

History Of Connecticut's Water Trails

 

 

 

Connecticut Water Trails Program

History Of Connecticut's Water Trails

History of Mills In Connecticut

 

 

The Mill Town

A Mill town, also known as factory town or mill village, is typically a settlement that developed around one or more mills or factories (usually cotton mills or factories producing textiles).

 

What Powered These Early Mills

The Demise Of Mills

Types Of Mills

Cider Mills

Cotton Mills

Flax and Woolen Mills

Fulling Mills

Grist Mills

Paper Mills

Saw Mills

Textile Mills

Wire Mills

Connecticut Mills

Fairfield County

Danbury

Georgetown

Norwalk

Ridgefield

Shelton

West Redding

Westport

Wilton

Hartford County

Enfield

Hartford

Manchester

Simsbury

Windsor Locks

Litchfield County

Plymouth

Torrington

Winchester

Middlesex County

Middletown

East Haddam

New Haven County

Derby

Naugatuck

New Haven

Seymour

Waterbury

New London County

Mystic

New London

Norwich

Tolland County

Mansfield

Vernon

Willimantic

Windham County

Brooklyn

Chaplin

Killingly

Plainfield

Pomfret

Putnam

Windham

 

 

 

 

 


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