SGC-CT043-043 · Research edition September 24, 2026
A selected, source-based research collection for New Haven and Fairfield counties. Includes credited photographs where reusable images were located, historical interpretation and links to supporting records. It is a growing inventory, not an exhaustive survey. Photographs retain their individual dates and reuse terms; images do not establish present access conditions.
The story in pictures
The Union Metallic Cartridge works in 1917
Published 1917
Rail lines fill the foreground of this broad view of the Bridgeport works. Factory blocks, chimneys and a water tower show how the business occupied an industrial landscape connected to transport. Published in a 1917 local history, the photograph records a working complex long before later abandonment.
Crowd around Remington works, Brdgpt (i.e., Bridgeport) LCCN2014699517.jpg
Between circa 1910 and circa 1915
Crowd in the street and tracks near Remington works. Title: Crowd around Remington works, Brdgpt [i.e., Bridgeport]
Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Remington factory building and adjacent rail construction. Title: Remington works, Bdgept [i.e., Bridgeport]
Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Women assembling cartridges, in Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridges Co., Inc., Bridgeport, Conn. LCCN94506158.jpg
Between 1914 and 1918
Women assembling cartridges at Remington-UMC. Title: Women assembling cartridges, in Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridges Co., Inc., Bridgeport, Conn.
Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.
The Barnum Avenue complex developed under Union Metallic Cartridge during the late 1860s and later operated under the Remington name. Preservation Connecticut locates it at 761 and 889 Barnum Avenue and documents both manufacturing and associated worker-housing districts. [CT043-S01]
The inventory now labels the complex demolished except for its shot tower. Older photographs showing extensive factory ranges are therefore evidence of a lost landscape. Bridgeport had more than one Remington plant: this collection keeps a photograph’s own location and caption rather than assigning every image to the same building. [CT043-S01]
The change from Union Metallic Cartridge to Remington is more than a change of sign. It asks readers to follow corporate identity, industrial buildings and labor across time without assuming that each changed on the same day. The Barnum Avenue addresses provide a geographical anchor. Associated worker housing places the enterprise within Bridgeport's residential development, where the rhythms of manufacturing extended beyond the plant itself. [CT043-S01]
The remaining shot tower and photographs of extensive lost buildings preserve very different scales of evidence. The tower is one surviving component; an older overall view can recover relationships no longer apparent on the ground. Worker and crowd photographs add another layer, but their own captions must establish which Remington location they show. Their presence in a citywide collection does not prove that every scene occurred at Barnum Avenue. This distinction allows a wider account of Bridgeport industry while protecting the identity of each site. [CT043-S01]
Key dates
Late 1860s — Union Metallic Cartridge developed the site CT043-S01
1939 — Inventory records a workforce exceeding 1,000 CT043-S01
Site status: Barnum Avenue complex largely demolished; shot tower recorded as surviving
A closer look at the surviving record
The Union Metallic Cartridge works in 1917
Rail lines fill the foreground of this broad view of the Bridgeport works. Factory blocks, chimneys and a water tower show how the business occupied an industrial landscape connected to transport. Published in a 1917 local history, the photograph records a working complex long before later abandonment.
Crowd around Remington works, Brdgpt (i.e., Bridgeport) LCCN2014699517.jpg
Crowd in the street and tracks near Remington works. Title: Crowd around Remington works, Brdgpt [i.e., Bridgeport]
Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Remington factory building and adjacent rail construction. Title: Remington works, Bdgept [i.e., Bridgeport]
Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Women assembling cartridges, in Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridges Co., Inc., Bridgeport, Conn. LCCN94506158.jpg
Women assembling cartridges at Remington-UMC. Title: Women assembling cartridges, in Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridges Co., Inc., Bridgeport, Conn.
Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.
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CT043-S01 · Sources & research leads · Source reviewed September 2026
Preservation Connecticut: Barnum Avenue plant
Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. Historic factory views and later photographs trace a major Bridgeport manufacturing landscape.
External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
Rail lines fill the foreground of this broad view of the Bridgeport works. Factory blocks, chimneys and a water tower show how the business occupied an industrial landscape connected to transport. Published in a 1917 local history, the photograph records a working complex long before later abandonment.
Public domain in the United States: published 1917. Unaltered historical image; publication date is not an exact exposure date.
Credit: George Curtis Waldo, History of Bridgeport and Vicinity, volume I (1917), plate facing p. 182; Internet Archive via Wikimedia Commons.. Cite SGC SGC-CT043-043, CT043-P1917, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-24.
CT043-P01 · Photographs · 2011-03-24 15:35
Remington Arms Bridgeport, Ct. (5560513976)
Remington Arms factory ruin, Bridgeport, March 2011.
Reuse permitted under CC BY 2.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image.
Remington Works exterior, Bridgeport; Bain News Service photograph.
Public domain in the United States (source file license). Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. Original repository record: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014699809/
Remington Arms Works exterior, Bridgeport; Bain News Service photograph.
Public domain in the United States (source file license). Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. Original repository record: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014699515/
Workers leaving Remington Works, Bridgeport; Bain News Service photograph.
Public domain in the United States (source file license). Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. Original repository record: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014699518/
Credit: Bain News Service, publisher / Public domain. Cite SGC SGC-CT043-043, CT043-P04, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-12.
ED-P67329892 · Photographs · Between circa 1910 and circa 1915
Crowd around Remington works, Brdgpt (i.e., Bridgeport) LCCN2014699517.jpg
Crowd in the street and tracks near Remington works. Title: Crowd around Remington works, Brdgpt [i.e., Bridgeport]
Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Image resized for the reading room. Source content retained. LOC range verified; single 1910 is flattened index metadata. No basis in image alone to call this a strike. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014699517/ Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: Public domain
Credit: Bain News Service, publisher / Library of Congress
Catalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/2014699517
Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ggbain/19500/19586v.jpg
Original url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014699517/. Cite SGC SGC-CT043-043, ED-P67329892, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-12.
ED-P67329855 · Photographs · Between circa 1910 and circa 1915
Remington workers, Bridgeport LCCN2014699513.jpg
Workers in a street beside the Remington plant. Title: Remington workers, Bridgeport
Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Image resized for the reading room. Source content retained. LOC range verified. No basis in image alone to call this a strike. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014699513/ Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: Public domain
Remington factory building and adjacent rail construction. Title: Remington works, Bdgept [i.e., Bridgeport]
Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Image resized for the reading room. Source content retained. Selected single 1910 resembles the known index-date flattening on adjacent Bain records. LOC page failed to fetch in this pass; do not assert exact 1910. Visible negative number 3551-6. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: Public domain
Credit: Bain News Service, publisher / Library of Congress
Catalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/2014699516
Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ggbain/19500/19585v.jpg
Original url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014699516/. Cite SGC SGC-CT043-043, ED-P67329882, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-12.
ED-P68161830 · Photographs · Between 1914 and 1918
Women assembling cartridges, in Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridges Co., Inc., Bridgeport, Conn. LCCN94506158.jpg
Women assembling cartridges at Remington-UMC. Title: Women assembling cartridges, in Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridges Co., Inc., Bridgeport, Conn.
Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.
Image resized for the reading room. Source content retained. LOC Created/Published range verified. https://www.loc.gov/item/94506158/ Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: Public domain
Credit: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress / Library of Congress
Catalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/94506158
Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c10000/3c11000/3c11100/3c11141v.jpg
Original url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/94506158/. Cite SGC SGC-CT043-043, ED-P68161830, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-12.
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