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Waterford’s main industry for most of its history was granite. Stone from Waterford quarries can be found in the Statue of Liberty’s base and at Fort Sumter.
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- 1801 - (Waterford, CT) - The community incorporated from New London in 1801.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ waterford/ - 1819 - Waterford
Waterford is a maritime township, situated on Long Island sound, 4 miles from the city of New-London, and 37 from Hartford; bounded on the north by Mo...Read MORE... - 1836 - Waterford
WATERFORD was formerly included within the limits of New London. It was incorpo ed as a distinct town in 1801. It is bounded N. by Montville, W. by by...Read MORE... - 1854 - Waterford
Waterford, a post-village in New London co., Connecticut, near the const, and on the New Haven and New London railroad, 44 miles E. by N. from New Hav...Read MORE... 
1869 - A Rev. House married a Rev. Noon to a Miss Cook, at the residence of Philo Gates, on June 29, at Waterford, Conn.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 14, 1869- 1906
Waterford, a post-village of New London co., Conn. in Waterford township (town), on Long Island Sound and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., ...Read MORE... 
Pleasure Beach Breakwater, Waterford, Conn.
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Vie at Home Nook, Waterford, Conn.
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Oswenatchie House and Cottages, Waterford, Conn.
"...the Oswegatchie Colony, a summer resort area for the rich and playful that started to become popular in the mid-to-late 1800’s. The Oswegatchie House, the best known of the Colony’s hotels,... Read MORE...
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Waterford, Connecticut, USA
Pleasure Beach Breakwater, Waterford, Conn.
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Waterford, Connecticut, USA
Vie at Home Nook, Waterford, Conn.
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"...the Oswegatchie Colony, a summer resort area for the rich and playful that started to become popular in the mid-to-late 1800’s. The Oswegatchie House, the best known of the Colony’s hotels, took its name from the nearby quarry; it began as a boarding house for quarry workers. There is no mention, in the descriptions of boating and tennis and visits by President Woodrow Wilson and dancing at the casino which opened in 1915, of how the quarry itself came by the name..." patch.com / connecticut/ waterford/ oswegatchie)
Oswenatchie House and Cottages, Waterford, Conn.
"...the Oswegatchie Colony, a summer resort area for the rich and playful that started to become popular in the mid-to-late 1800’s. The Oswegatchie House, the best known of the Colony’s hotels,... Read MORE...
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1801 - (Waterford, CT) - The community incorporated from New London in 1801.
connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ waterford/
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1819 - Waterford
Waterford is a maritime township, situated on Long Island sound, 4 miles from the city of New-London, and 37 from Hartford; bounded on the north by... Read MORE...
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1836 - Waterford
WATERFORD was formerly included within the limits of New London. It was incorpo ed as a distinct town in 1801. It is bounded N. by Montville, W. by... Read MORE...
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1854 - Waterford
Waterford, a post-village in New London co., Connecticut, near the const, and on the New Haven and New London railroad, 44 miles E. by N. from New... Read MORE...
1869 - A Rev. House married a Rev. Noon to a Miss Cook, at the residence of Philo Gates, on June 29, at Waterford, Conn.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
August 14, 1869
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1906
Waterford, a post-village of New London co., Conn. in Waterford township (town), on Long Island Sound and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., ... Read MORE...
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