Waterbury:: 1890-1930

For the residents of the Naugatuck Valley, in the days before shopping malls and highways, downtown Waterbury was the place to go.

The clock tower, the horse fountain, the Palace Theater, the curved building on Grand and Meadow Streets, abandoned mills, buried rivers, railroads to nowhere-these are some of the familiar and not-so-familiar landmarks of Waterbury. Who built them and why? Waterbury: 1890-1930 is a step back to a time when Waterbury was a major industrial center. Expanding factories were at peak production, churning out enormous quantities of brass products, and the city was struggling to keep pace with its own population explosion.

Author: John Wiehn, Mark Heiss
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 07/30/2003
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.56w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780738512983

About the Author
Wiehn, John: - John Wiehn and Mark Heiss, residents, history fans, and ephemera collectors, tell the story of Waterbury during a pivotal moment in time. Using vintage postcards, they reveal the time when Waterbury, the Brass City, literally turned brass into gold.Heiss, Mark: - John Wiehn and Mark Heiss, residents, history fans, and ephemera collectors, tell the story of Waterbury during a pivotal moment in time. Using vintage postcards, they reveal the time when Waterbury, the Brass City, literally turned brass into gold.