I should be careful not to misrepresent it. Certainly there's lots of decay and abandonment, but none of these small cities is yet a basket case. It's also interesting to realize that their hay day was back in the mid-1800s, the age of water power, when their locations along the Naugatuck river made them the powerhouses of the industrial revolution in New England. When waterpower was replaced by steam, diesel, and electric, they went into eclipse. And are hanging on still a century and a half later.
I remember these towns as I passed through them back in the 60's and 70's when I went to Rocky Neck. We would take 84 and I would cut over to 95 and remember they were still busy little areas.
Waterbury, Connecticut
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Ansonia, Torrington, Waterbury etc., interesting to see the business life in the small cities.
I should be careful not to misrepresent it. Certainly there's lots of decay and abandonment, but none of these small cities is yet a basket case. It's also interesting to realize that their hay day was back in the mid-1800s, the age of water power, when their locations along the Naugatuck river made them the powerhouses of the industrial revolution in New England. When waterpower was replaced by steam, diesel, and electric, they went into eclipse. And are hanging on still a century and a half later.
I remember these towns as I passed through them back in the 60's and 70's when I went to Rocky Neck. We would take 84 and I would cut over to 95 and remember they were still busy little areas.
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