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  History of Ansonia, Connecticut, USA

Journey back in time to Ansonia, Connecticut, USA

Visit Ansonia, Connecticut, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1854 - Ansonia
  Ansonia, a flourishing manufacturing post- village of Derby township. New Haven county, Connecticut, on the Naugatuck railroad and river, 5 miles N....Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1864 - Ansonia, CT incorporated as a town
  
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•  1869 - "Sharpshooter"
  An Ansonia, Conn., "sharpshooter" recently fired at a squirrel that was being pursued by his ferret and a $30 dog, and succeeded in killing both dog...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1873 - Ansonia Clock Company is established (Ansonia, CT)
  
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•  1882 - TWO MEN BURNED TO DEATH A DISASTROUS FIRE IN ANSONIA, CONN.
  THREE HOUSES DESTROYED AND TWO LIVES LOST - NARROW ESCAPE OF SOME OF THE OTHER INMATES.
  
  New-Haven, March 27. - Fire broke out at 8:45 o'clock this ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1883 - A CONNECTICUT HOTEL BURNED. A THIEVING ACTOR, SUPPOSED TO HAVE SET FIRE TO THE ANSONIA HOUSE.
  New Haven, April 10. - At an early hour this morning the west end of the Ansonia Hotel, Ansonia, Conn., was found to be on fire. The building was of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1889 - WRECK AT ANSONIA.
  Main Line Rails of Naugatuck Division Twisted Out of Place.
  Ansonia, Sept. 27. - In making a flying switch on the Naugatuck division, in Ansonia...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1893 - Ansonia, CT reincorporated as a city
  
  connecticuthistory.org/ towns-page/ ansonia/
  
  
• 1895 - Ansonia
  Anso/ nia, a city of New Haven co., Connecticut, on the E. bank of the Naugatuck River, nearly 2 miles from its mouth, 15 miles by rail N. by E. from...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1900 - ANSONIA FREIGHT WRECK.
  Four Cars Derailed on the Naugatuck Division and Line Blocked.
  
  Ansonia, Jan. 6. - Because a rod dropped from a freight car on the Naugatuck...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  National Bank
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  Main Street
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  Farrell Foundry & Machine Shop
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  Bridge Street Bridge
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  Coe Brass Mills
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  Main Street looking N.
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  Maple St. Bridge, Looking North
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  The Osmon & Cheesman Factory
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  South Cliff Street
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  Ansonia Savings Bank
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  City Hall
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  Episcopal Church
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  Garden St. School
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  Congregational Church
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  The Brooker Residence
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  Public Library
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  Mott and Cottage Avenues
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  Looking North From Maple St. Bridge
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  South Cliff Street
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  High School
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  Naugatuck River, Looking South from Maple St. Bridge, Ansonia, Conn.
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  Church of the Assumption, R.C., 1911
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  The Industrial Heart of the Naugatuck Valley, Ansonia, Conn.
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  Ansonia Wire Mill
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• 1916
  Anso'nia, a city of New Haven co., Conn., on the E. bank of the Naugatuck River, nearly 2 miles from its mouth, and on the New York, New Haven and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Westwood Park
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  Athletic Field
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