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New Haven Rail Yard, Freight Car Shop, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

New Haven Rail Yard, Freight Car Shop, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New H...

Significance: The Freight Car Shop recalls the importance of the New Haven Rail Yard in the late nineteenth century, when it was the principal shop facility for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. L... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Freight Car Shop, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

New Haven Rail Yard, Freight Car Shop, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New H...

Significance: The Freight Car Shop recalls the importance of the New Haven Rail Yard in the late nineteenth century, when it was the principal shop facility for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. L... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Central Steam Plant and Oil Storage, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

New Haven Rail Yard, Central Steam Plant and Oil Storage, Vicinity of ...

Significance: The Central Steam Plant is significant as an important component of the New Haven Railroad's maintenance and repair facilities. It was built during a time of thriving passenger service, a period ... More

Water Street Bridge, US Route 1 spanning Metro-North Commuter Railroad, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Water Street Bridge, US Route 1 spanning Metro-North Commuter Railroad...

Significance: The Water Street Bridge is historically and archaeologically significant for its example of late 19th century Baltimore through truss bridge construction, which is being phased out of existence. ... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River between Groton & Stonington, Groton, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mystic River Bridge, Spanning...

Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is a center bearing, through truss swing bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railro... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Oil Storage Building, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

New Haven Rail Yard, Oil Storage Building, Vicinity of Union Avenue, N...

Significance: The Oil Storage Building is significant as an original component of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad's ca. 1870 New Haven shops. At the time, the New Haven complex was the railroad's... More

Olive Street Railroad Bridge, Spanning AMTRAK Tracks at Olive Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Olive Street Railroad Bridge, Spanning AMTRAK Tracks at Olive Street, ...

Significance: Olive Street Railroad Bridge is significant as a representative example of the standard rivet-connected, steel truss technology of the 20th-century, and as part of extensive early 20th-century imp... More

Hartford & New Haven Railroad, Depot, 35 Central Street, Windsor, Hartford County, CT

Hartford & New Haven Railroad, Depot, 35 Central Street, Windsor, Hart...

Significance: This mid 19th century railroad building with exceptionally rich detail is one of the finest examples of the French Second Empire Style in Windsor. Windsor Center experienced a major residential d... More

Hartford & New Haven Railroad, Depot, 35 Central Street, Windsor, Hartford County, CT

Hartford & New Haven Railroad, Depot, 35 Central Street, Windsor, Hart...

Significance: This mid 19th century railroad building with exceptionally rich detail is one of the finest examples of the French Second Empire Style in Windsor. Windsor Center experienced a major residential d... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Shaw's Cove Bridge, Spanning Shaw's Cove, New London, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Shaw's Cove Bridge, Spanning ...

Significance: The Shaw Cove's Bridge is a forged steel rim-bearing swing bridge. It is a single-span, pin-connected Pratt through truss with thin diagonal eye-bars serving as tension members. It is significan... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Shaw's Cove Bridge, Spanning Shaw's Cove, New London, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Shaw's Cove Bridge, Spanning ...

Significance: The Shaw Cove's Bridge is a forged steel rim-bearing swing bridge. It is a single-span, pin-connected Pratt through truss with thin diagonal eye-bars serving as tension members. It is significan... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

Bullet Hill School, U.S. Routes 6 & 202, Southbury, New Haven County, CT

Bullet Hill School, U.S. Routes 6 & 202, Southbury, New Haven County, ...

Survey number: HABS CT-45 Building/structure dates: 1778 Initial Construction

Bullet Hill School, U.S. Routes 6 & 202, Southbury, New Haven County, CT

Bullet Hill School, U.S. Routes 6 & 202, Southbury, New Haven County, ...

Survey number: HABS CT-45 Building/structure dates: 1778 Initial Construction

New Haven Rail Yard, Work Equipment Shop, Vicinity of Cedar & Lamberton Streets, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

New Haven Rail Yard, Work Equipment Shop, Vicinity of Cedar & Lamberto...

Significance: The Work Equipment Shop recalls the increased investment in the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad's facilities in the period immediately following World War II. In addition to this shop, ... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Work Equipment Shop, Vicinity of Cedar & Lamberton Streets, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

New Haven Rail Yard, Work Equipment Shop, Vicinity of Cedar & Lamberto...

Significance: The Work Equipment Shop recalls the increased investment in the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad's facilities in the period immediately following World War II. In addition to this shop, ... More

Bridge No. 1132, Route 80, spanning Hammonasset River, Madison, New Haven County, CT

Bridge No. 1132, Route 80, spanning Hammonasset River, Madison, New Ha...

Significance: Bridge No. 1132 is significant as an example of an open-spandrel concrete arch, a bridge design developed in the early 20th century that was well-suited for crossings that were unusually long or h... More

Bridge No. 1132, Route 80, spanning Hammonasset River, Madison, New Haven County, CT

Bridge No. 1132, Route 80, spanning Hammonasset River, Madison, New Ha...

Significance: Bridge No. 1132 is significant as an example of an open-spandrel concrete arch, a bridge design developed in the early 20th century that was well-suited for crossings that were unusually long or h... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...

Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...

Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More

Bridge No. 110, Spanning Wepawaug River & Prospect Street at Metro-North Railroad, Milford, New Haven County, CT

Bridge No. 110, Spanning Wepawaug River & Prospect Street at Metro-Nor...

Significance: Bridge No. 110 was part of the railroad expansion program and was constructed between 1892 and 1896. Designed in 1893 by F.S. Curtis, Chief Engineer and constructed in 1894, the structure has bas... More

Bridge No. 110, Spanning Wepawaug River & Prospect Street at Metro-North Railroad, Milford, New Haven County, CT

Bridge No. 110, Spanning Wepawaug River & Prospect Street at Metro-Nor...

Significance: Bridge No. 110 was part of the railroad expansion program and was constructed between 1892 and 1896. Designed in 1893 by F.S. Curtis, Chief Engineer and constructed in 1894, the structure has bas... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Automatic Signalization System, Long Island Sound shoreline between Stamford & New Haven, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Automatic Signalization Syste...

Significance: This system is one of the few automatic semaphore signal installations still in use on a major railroad in the United States. It was a major element in the first large-scale application of high-v... More

Adelaide Avenue Pedestrian Bridge, Adelaide Avenue over New Haven Railroad, Providence, Providence County, RI

Adelaide Avenue Pedestrian Bridge, Adelaide Avenue over New Haven Rail...

Significance: Erected in 1903, the Adelaide Avenue Pedestrian Bridge is significant for its association with the Gorham Manufacturing Company, a large ornamental metal manufacturer. This former employee footbr... More

West Main Street Bridge, Spanning Wepawaug River, Milford, New Haven County, CT

West Main Street Bridge, Spanning Wepawaug River, Milford, New Haven C...

Significance: West Main Street Bridge is significant as part of a locally-sponsored effort undertaken between 1917 and 1929 to create an attractively landscaped setting for the public buildings in the town cent... More

West Main Street Bridge, Spanning Wepawaug River, Milford, New Haven County, CT

West Main Street Bridge, Spanning Wepawaug River, Milford, New Haven C...

Significance: West Main Street Bridge is significant as part of a locally-sponsored effort undertaken between 1917 and 1929 to create an attractively landscaped setting for the public buildings in the town cent... More

West Main Street Bridge, Spanning Wepawaug River, Milford, New Haven County, CT

West Main Street Bridge, Spanning Wepawaug River, Milford, New Haven C...

Significance: West Main Street Bridge is significant as part of a locally-sponsored effort undertaken between 1917 and 1929 to create an attractively landscaped setting for the public buildings in the town cent... More

Hartford & New Haven Railroad, Freight Depot, 40 Central Street, Windsor, Hartford County, CT

Hartford & New Haven Railroad, Freight Depot, 40 Central Street, Winds...

Significance: With its simple form, this building provides a typical example of 19th century utilitarian architecture. There are, however, subtle details which allow it to complement surrounding buildings such... More

Greenwood Railroad Bridge, Post Road (U.S. Route 1) & Main Avenue over New Haven Railroad, Warwick, Kent County, RI

Greenwood Railroad Bridge, Post Road (U.S. Route 1) & Main Avenue over...

Significance: The Greenwood Railroad Bridge is significant as an example of the standardized approach to concrete bridge design and replacement initiated by Rhode Island Bridge Engineer Clarence L. Hussey durin... More

Lewis Building, 25-31 West Main Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Lewis Building, 25-31 West Main Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, C...

Significance: Contributing element to late nineteenth/early twentieth century commercial district. Survey number: HABS CT-405

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Armory Street Pumphouse, North side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Armory Street Pumphouse, North si...

Significance: This pump station represents a novel engineering solution to a problem. Reduced water supplies forced partial conversion to a more efficient pumping system. The station was originally built to s... More

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Armory Street Pumphouse, North side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Armory Street Pumphouse, North si...

Significance: This pump station represents a novel engineering solution to a problem. Reduced water supplies forced partial conversion to a more efficient pumping system. The station was originally built to s... More

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Armory Street Pumphouse, North side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Armory Street Pumphouse, North si...

Significance: This pump station represents a novel engineering solution to a problem. Reduced water supplies forced partial conversion to a more efficient pumping system. The station was originally built to s... More

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Armory Street Pumphouse, North side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Armory Street Pumphouse, North si...

Significance: This pump station represents a novel engineering solution to a problem. Reduced water supplies forced partial conversion to a more efficient pumping system. The station was originally built to s... More

Hunt River Road Bridge, Hunt River Road (Post Road-U.S. Route 1) over New Haven Railroad, North Kingstown, Washington County, RI

Hunt River Road Bridge, Hunt River Road (Post Road-U.S. Route 1) over ...

Significance: The Hunt River Road Bridge is a significant example of standardized concrete bridge design initiated by Rhode Island Bridge Engineer Clarence L. Hussey during the 1920s, and is also significant as... More

Eli Whitney Armory, Boarding House, Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Eli Whitney Armory, Boarding House, Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven ...

Significance: Only surviving residential structure of what was once the Whitney factory village. In 1828 this village included the boarding house for single men, nine houses for married workers, a garret over ... More

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of A...

Significance: Use of the slow sand filtration process for purifying water dates back to a plant in Paisley, Scotland which was built in 1804. The first United States plant was built in Louisville, Kentucky in ... More

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of A...

Significance: Use of the slow sand filtration process for purifying water dates back to a plant in Paisley, Scotland which was built in 1804. The first United States plant was built in Louisville, Kentucky in ... More

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of A...

Significance: Use of the slow sand filtration process for purifying water dates back to a plant in Paisley, Scotland which was built in 1804. The first United States plant was built in Louisville, Kentucky in ... More

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of A...

Significance: Use of the slow sand filtration process for purifying water dates back to a plant in Paisley, Scotland which was built in 1804. The first United States plant was built in Louisville, Kentucky in ... More

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of Armory Street between Edgehill Road & Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Lake Whitney Water Filtration Plant, Filtration Plant, South side of A...

Significance: Use of the slow sand filtration process for purifying water dates back to a plant in Paisley, Scotland which was built in 1804. The first United States plant was built in Louisville, Kentucky in ... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Small Stores Building, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

New Haven Rail Yard, Small Stores Building, Vicinity of Union Avenue, ...

Significance: The Small Stores Building is significant as a component of the New Haven Railroad's repair and maintenance facilities. It was built to provide safe storage for acetylene, a potentially explosive ... More

New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, Shell Interlocking Tower, New Haven Milepost 16, approximately 100 feel east of New Rochelle Junction, New Rochelle, Westchester County, NY

New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, Shell Interlocking Tower, Ne...

Significance: Although the Shell Interlocking Tower no longer contains its original interlocking equipment, it is architecturally significant as representative of the type of structure built by the New York, Ne... More

New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, Shell Interlocking Tower, New Haven Milepost 16, approximately 100 feel east of New Rochelle Junction, New Rochelle, Westchester County, NY

New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad, Shell Interlocking Tower, Ne...

Significance: Although the Shell Interlocking Tower no longer contains its original interlocking equipment, it is architecturally significant as representative of the type of structure built by the New York, Ne... More

Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent to U.S. Route 24, New Haven, Allen County, IN

Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent ...

Significance: Lock No. 2 is an example of a wood lock, many of which once existed along the original line of the Wabash and Erie Canal. More fragile than those supported by dressed stone, locks which were cons... More

Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent to U.S. Route 24, New Haven, Allen County, IN

Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent ...

Significance: Lock No. 2 is an example of a wood lock, many of which once existed along the original line of the Wabash and Erie Canal. More fragile than those supported by dressed stone, locks which were cons... More

Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent to U.S. Route 24, New Haven, Allen County, IN

Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent ...

Significance: Lock No. 2 is an example of a wood lock, many of which once existed along the original line of the Wabash and Erie Canal. More fragile than those supported by dressed stone, locks which were cons... More

Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent to U.S. Route 24, New Haven, Allen County, IN

Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent ...

Significance: Lock No. 2 is an example of a wood lock, many of which once existed along the original line of the Wabash and Erie Canal. More fragile than those supported by dressed stone, locks which were cons... More

Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent to U.S. Route 24, New Haven, Allen County, IN

Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent ...

Significance: Lock No. 2 is an example of a wood lock, many of which once existed along the original line of the Wabash and Erie Canal. More fragile than those supported by dressed stone, locks which were cons... More

Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent to U.S. Route 24, New Haven, Allen County, IN

Wabash & Erie Canal, Lock No. 2, 8 miles east of Fort Wayne, adjacent ...

Significance: Lock No. 2 is an example of a wood lock, many of which once existed along the original line of the Wabash and Erie Canal. More fragile than those supported by dressed stone, locks which were cons... More

Ousatonic Water Power Company, Dam & Canals, CT Routes 34 & 108, 1 mile North of Derby-Shelton Bridge, Derby, New Haven County, CT

Ousatonic Water Power Company, Dam & Canals, CT Routes 34 & 108, 1 mil...

Significance: The waterworks of the Ousatonic Water Company, when combined with the Shelton mills and related urban development have local and statewide significance as a successful 19th century example of plan... More

Ousatonic Water Power Company, Dam & Canals, CT Routes 34 & 108, 1 mile North of Derby-Shelton Bridge, Derby, New Haven County, CT

Ousatonic Water Power Company, Dam & Canals, CT Routes 34 & 108, 1 mil...

Significance: The waterworks of the Ousatonic Water Company, when combined with the Shelton mills and related urban development have local and statewide significance as a successful 19th century example of plan... More

Ousatonic Water Power Company, Dam & Canals, CT Routes 34 & 108, 1 mile North of Derby-Shelton Bridge, Derby, New Haven County, CT

Ousatonic Water Power Company, Dam & Canals, CT Routes 34 & 108, 1 mil...

Significance: The waterworks of the Ousatonic Water Company, when combined with the Shelton mills and related urban development have local and statewide significance as a successful 19th century example of plan... More

Bridge No. 00761, Spanning Housatonic River at State Route No. 15, Milford, New Haven County, CT

Bridge No. 00761, Spanning Housatonic River at State Route No. 15, Mil...

Significance: The bridge is an essential link between the Merritt Parkway and the Wilbur Cross Parkway. It is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places as the northern terminus of the Me... More

Bridge No. 00761, Spanning Housatonic River at State Route No. 15, Milford, New Haven County, CT

Bridge No. 00761, Spanning Housatonic River at State Route No. 15, Mil...

Significance: The bridge is an essential link between the Merritt Parkway and the Wilbur Cross Parkway. It is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places as the northern terminus of the Me... More

Bridge No. 00761, Spanning Housatonic River at State Route No. 15, Milford, New Haven County, CT

Bridge No. 00761, Spanning Housatonic River at State Route No. 15, Mil...

Significance: The bridge is an essential link between the Merritt Parkway and the Wilbur Cross Parkway. It is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places as the northern terminus of the Me... More

Bridge No. 00761, Spanning Housatonic River at State Route No. 15, Milford, New Haven County, CT

Bridge No. 00761, Spanning Housatonic River at State Route No. 15, Mil...

Significance: The bridge is an essential link between the Merritt Parkway and the Wilbur Cross Parkway. It is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places as the northern terminus of the Me... More

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Scovill Brass Works was established in Waterbury as Abel Porter & Company in 1802. Early in its 175 year history it produced buttons, coins, whale oil lamps, carriage trim, and daguerreotype ... More

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Scovill Brass Works was established in Waterbury as Abel Porter & Company in 1802. Early in its 175 year history it produced buttons, coins, whale oil lamps, carriage trim, and daguerreotype ... More

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Scovill Brass Works was established in Waterbury as Abel Porter & Company in 1802. Early in its 175 year history it produced buttons, coins, whale oil lamps, carriage trim, and daguerreotype ... More

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Scovill Brass Works was established in Waterbury as Abel Porter & Company in 1802. Early in its 175 year history it produced buttons, coins, whale oil lamps, carriage trim, and daguerreotype ... More

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Scovill Brass Works was established in Waterbury as Abel Porter & Company in 1802. Early in its 175 year history it produced buttons, coins, whale oil lamps, carriage trim, and daguerreotype ... More

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Scovill Brass Works was established in Waterbury as Abel Porter & Company in 1802. Early in its 175 year history it produced buttons, coins, whale oil lamps, carriage trim, and daguerreotype ... More

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Scovill Brass Works was established in Waterbury as Abel Porter & Company in 1802. Early in its 175 year history it produced buttons, coins, whale oil lamps, carriage trim, and daguerreotype ... More

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Scovill Brass Works was established in Waterbury as Abel Porter & Company in 1802. Early in its 175 year history it produced buttons, coins, whale oil lamps, carriage trim, and daguerreotype ... More

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Scovill Brass Works, 59 Mill Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Scovill Brass Works was established in Waterbury as Abel Porter & Company in 1802. Early in its 175 year history it produced buttons, coins, whale oil lamps, carriage trim, and daguerreotype ... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Groton Bridge, Spanning Thames River between New London & Groton, New London, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Groton Bridge, Spanning Thame...

Significance: The Groton Bridge is a Strauss heel trunnion bascule bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and as a... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Groton Bridge, Spanning Thames River between New London & Groton, New London, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Groton Bridge, Spanning Thame...

Significance: The Groton Bridge is a Strauss heel trunnion bascule bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and as a... More

Eli Whitney Armory, West of Whitney Avenue, Armory Street Vicinity, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Eli Whitney Armory, West of Whitney Avenue, Armory Street Vicinity, Ha...

Significance: Location of the musket factory of Eli Whitney, an important contributor to the development of the American System of Manufacturing. It was here that Whitney attempted a system of production that ... More

Eli Whitney Armory, West of Whitney Avenue, Armory Street Vicinity, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

Eli Whitney Armory, West of Whitney Avenue, Armory Street Vicinity, Ha...

Significance: Location of the musket factory of Eli Whitney, an important contributor to the development of the American System of Manufacturing. It was here that Whitney attempted a system of production that ... More

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocky Neck Park Trail Bridge, Foot trail over New Haven Railroad, Old Lyme, New London County, CT

Rocky Neck Park Trail Bridge, Foot trail over New Haven Railroad, Old ...

Significance: Erected in 1934 by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Rocky Neck Park Trail Bridge is a key transportation element of Rocky Neck Park and carries a foot trail across the New Haven ra... More

Skinner-Trowbridge House, 46 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Skinner-Trowbridge House, 46 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, New Haven Co...

Significance: Fine Greek Revival house of five bays, two-and-one-half stories, with a prostyle tetrastyle portico. Attributed to Ithiel Town who built many other New Haven structures based on Greek designs. E... More

Skinner-Trowbridge House, 46 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Skinner-Trowbridge House, 46 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, New Haven Co...

Significance: Fine Greek Revival house of five bays, two-and-one-half stories, with a prostyle tetrastyle portico. Attributed to Ithiel Town who built many other New Haven structures based on Greek designs. E... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Niantic River between East Lyme & Waterford, Old Lyme, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Nian...

Significance: The Niantic Bridge is a through girder bridge and consists of a movable span and four approach spans on stone masonry piers. The movable span is a chain-driven Scherzer rolling lift bascule span ... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Niantic River between East Lyme & Waterford, Old Lyme, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Nian...

Significance: The Niantic Bridge is a through girder bridge and consists of a movable span and four approach spans on stone masonry piers. The movable span is a chain-driven Scherzer rolling lift bascule span ... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River between Groton & Stonington, Groton, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mystic River Bridge, Spanning...

Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is a center bearing, through truss swing bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railro... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mystic River Bridge, Spanning Mystic River between Groton & Stonington, Groton, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mystic River Bridge, Spanning...

Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is a center bearing, through truss swing bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railro... More

Olive Street Railroad Bridge, Spanning AMTRAK Tracks at Olive Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Olive Street Railroad Bridge, Spanning AMTRAK Tracks at Olive Street, ...

Significance: Olive Street Railroad Bridge is significant as a representative example of the standard rivet-connected, steel truss technology of the 20th-century, and as part of extensive early 20th-century imp... More

Hartford & New Haven Railroad, Depot, 35 Central Street, Windsor, Hartford County, CT

Hartford & New Haven Railroad, Depot, 35 Central Street, Windsor, Hart...

Significance: This mid 19th century railroad building with exceptionally rich detail is one of the finest examples of the French Second Empire Style in Windsor. Windsor Center experienced a major residential d... More

Hartford & New Haven Railroad, Depot, 35 Central Street, Windsor, Hartford County, CT

Hartford & New Haven Railroad, Depot, 35 Central Street, Windsor, Hart...

Significance: This mid 19th century railroad building with exceptionally rich detail is one of the finest examples of the French Second Empire Style in Windsor. Windsor Center experienced a major residential d... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Shaw's Cove Bridge, Spanning Shaw's Cove, New London, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Shaw's Cove Bridge, Spanning ...

Significance: The Shaw Cove's Bridge is a forged steel rim-bearing swing bridge. It is a single-span, pin-connected Pratt through truss with thin diagonal eye-bars serving as tension members. It is significan... More

Pritchard Building, 207-211 Bank Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, CT

Pritchard Building, 207-211 Bank Street, Waterbury, New Haven County, ...

Significance: The Pritchard Building, built for and initially operated by one of Waterbury's older and wealthier families, is one of three city buildings built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The buildi... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Lift Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Fort Point Channel Rolling Li...

Significance: The construction of South Station in 1896-98, involved the rerouting of several of the old lines from the west and south. The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad constructed a six-track rollin... More

Bridge No. 1132, Route 80, spanning Hammonasset River, Madison, New Haven County, CT

Bridge No. 1132, Route 80, spanning Hammonasset River, Madison, New Ha...

Significance: Bridge No. 1132 is significant as an example of an open-spandrel concrete arch, a bridge design developed in the early 20th century that was well-suited for crossings that were unusually long or h... More

Bridge No. 1132, Route 80, spanning Hammonasset River, Madison, New Haven County, CT

Bridge No. 1132, Route 80, spanning Hammonasset River, Madison, New Ha...

Significance: Bridge No. 1132 is significant as an example of an open-spandrel concrete arch, a bridge design developed in the early 20th century that was well-suited for crossings that were unusually long or h... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...

Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Shore Drive, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...

Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More

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