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Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
"Wal'lingford, a post-borough in Wallingford township, New Haven co., Conn., is finely situated on the Quinepiac River and the New Haven, Hartford & Springfield Rail road, 12 miles N.N.E. of New Haven, and 24 miles S. by W. of Hartford. It contains a town hall, 4 churches, an elegant summer hotel, a high school, and a banking-house, and has manufactures of britannia-ware, silver-ware, and buttons. The Boston & New York Air-Line Railroad (station at East Wallingford) passes through this township. Pop. of the borough (1890), 4230; of the township, 6584."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
"Wal'lingford, a post-borough in Wallingford township, New Haven co., Conn., is finely situated on the Quinepiac River and the New Haven, Hartford & Springfield Rail road, 12 miles N.N.E. of New Haven, and 24 miles S. by W. of Hartford. It contains a town hall, 4 churches, an elegant summer hotel, a high school, and a banking-house, and has manufactures of britannia-ware, silver-ware, and buttons. The Boston & New York Air-Line Railroad (station at East Wallingford) passes through this township. Pop. of the borough (1890), 4230; of the township, 6584."
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ...
Joseph Thomas
January 1, 1895
J.B. Lippincott
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www.wikipedia.org - 1819 - Wallingford
Wallingford, a pleasant post township, is situated in the northeastern section of the county, 23 miles southwest from Hartford, and 13 northeast from ...Read MORE... 
1839 - Tornado
On Monday, Aug. 7, 1839, a tornado passed over a point not far from the line of the Wallingford storm. Its direction was such that it did not strike...Read MORE...- 1853 - Large Fire in Wallingford.
NEW-HAVEN, Tuesday, Dec. 27. The Button Factory of the Pomeroy Manufacturing Company at Wallingford, about 12 miles from this city, took fire early...Read MORE... - 1858 - STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
MERIDEN, Conn., May 30. - The large three-story frame factory of the Wallingford Wheel Company in Wallingford, Conn., was struck by lightning during...Read MORE... - 1878 - The Tornado at Wallingford, Conn., in 1878.
During the last of July and the first of August, 1878, showers with thunder and lightning occurred almost daily, and on some of the days there were...Read MORE... - 1879 - Strange Wedding
The New England girl certainly carries off the palm for originality. A young woman of Wallingford, Conn., was married the other evening, and while...Read MORE... - 1880 - A WALLINGFORD FACTORY BURNED.
WALLINGFORD, Conn., March 19. - The shop of the Wallingford Wheel Company was found to be on fire at 8 o'clock last evening, and by 9 o'clock was...Read MORE... - 1885 - A MAN BURNED TO DEATH.
NEW-HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 19. - A fire which broke out at 2 o'clock this morning in Wallingford destroyed Temperance Hall, belonging to Jared Q....Read MORE... - 1886 - A WOMAN ROASTED TO DEATH.
NEW-HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 17.- Mrs. John Condon, of Wallingford, was burned to death last night. She was 55 years old and very feeble. Early in the...Read MORE... - 1886 - CHARGED WITH ARSON. FIRES IN WALLINGFORD WHICH GOT A YOUNG MAN INTO TROUBLE.
WALLINGFORD, Conn., March 16. - Early this morning Constable Roger S. Austin, tired and dusty after a long trip, reached this town, bringing with him ...Read MORE... - 1886 - INCENDIARIES IN WALLINGFORD.
NEW-HAVEN, Conn., June 4. - If matters keep on as they have been going lately half the voting population of Wallingford will be under arrest for...Read MORE... 
Silver Plate
Wm. Rogers, Eagle Brand
Made only by Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., Wallingford, Conn.
The Ladies' Home Journal
July 1898
South Main Street. Wallingford, Conn.
Band Stand near R.R. Depot, Wallingford, Conn.
Colony St.
Comunity Lake Dam, International Silver Co. Factory, Masonic Home on hill
Main Street, Looking South
North Main St., Wallingford, Conn.
Simpson's Block, 1905- 1906
Wallingford, a post-borough in Wallingford township (town), New Haven co., Conn., is finely situated on the Quinepiac (Quinnipiac) River and on the...Read MORE... 
The Masonic Home
Library and Marlborough House
Post Office
Christian St.
Superintend's Cottage, Gaylord Farm, Sanatorium
Falls and Bridge, Quinnipiac River
Center St.
View in the Square
Factory of R. Wallace & Sons
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