Tolland County · 1890
Storrs: classrooms, farm fields and early college life
Twenty photographs from 1890–1909 follow the agricultural college through lessons, farm work, student gatherings and a growing campus.
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View northeast of wheelhouse area, tailrace (center), and dam; mill no. 5 (haer no. ct-44-b) and bridge at right · June 1988COLLECTION 147Industry & working life
Willimantic: the river that powered a thread city
Windham
Dams, turbines, stone mills and a generator trace the working systems behind Willimantic Linen and American Thread.
1854–1990
View northwest, east (rear) elevation of 305 church street with 313 and 317 church street in background · June 1985COLLECTION 148Industry & working life
Putnam: mill families, homes and a modern school
Putnam
Three workers’ houses and Israel Putnam School show how a textile city housed families and invested in public education.
c. 1847–1986
View southeast, general view showing bridge and setting from west end of bridge, river street near intersection with main street · September 1998COLLECTION 149Railways, roads & rivers
Plainfield and Moosup: crossing the river, reading the town
Plainfield
A nineteenth-century iron bridge, a church, an academy and historic houses connect transportation with the everyday landscape of Plainfield.
1800–1998
North elevation · October 1974COLLECTION 150Industry & working life
Phoenixville: the stone mill and its changing work
Eastford
Twenty-one photographs follow a small mill from stone exterior walls to timber-framed production floors, with a history of cotton, twine and changing uses.
1813–1974
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