Factory

Mystic, CT  2015

 

For Rent or Lease

Manchester, CT

There are a number of these old industrial buildings in Manchester.  It's good to see they are being put  to good use, or at least they're for rent.

Power Plant Reflection

Gales Ferry, CT

At one time, there really was a ferry here crossing the Thames River.   The ferry was established by John Comstock, Ralph Stoddard Jr, and John Hurlbut in 1740.  Later it was owned by Roger Gale from 1759 to 1764 whose name lives on to this day.  Today the site is the home of the Yale University Crew training camp, whose boathouse was pictured in this blog last week.  This is the view across the the Thames River looking at the village of Uncasville.  I'm sharing this with Weekend Reflections, where you'll find many more wonderful reflections.  Enjoy your weekend and thanks for visiting my blog. 

Smoke Stack

Montville, CT

Factory

Norwich, CT

The factory pictured here was once the largest employer in Norwich.  They produced a particular consumer item here from 1913 up until 1984, when operations were moved to Illinois.  The items are still produced today and a hint to the product can be found by close examination of the brickwork in this building.  That's all the hints I'll give.  I leave it up to my followers to guess what was produced here.  Feel free to venture a guess in the comments section.  Thanks for looking! 

Thomas G Faria Corp.

Montville, CT

It's nice to see some of the old mills and manufacturing sites still in use.  I found this site during on one of my travels and after a little bit of research discovered that this company started out making tachometers and now provide a whole line of analog and digital gauges for both the marine and automotive industry.