Nor'wich, a city of Connecticut, and semi-capital of New London co., is finely situated on the Thames River, here formed by the confluence of the Shetucket and the Yantic, 13 miles N. of New London, and about 36 miles E.S.E. of Hartford. It is mostly built on the sides and summit of a steep eminence which rises between the Shetucket and Yantic Rivers, and in 2 or 3 small valleys. It is noted for its beautiful residences, which occupy several terraces in the most elevated parts of the city. Broadway and Washington street are noble avenues, lined with mansions and gardens. Norwich is at the head of navigation, has a commodious harbor, and is on the Norwich & Worcester Railroad, at its junction with the New London Northern Rail road. Steamboats ply between this city and New York. It contains a court-house, 25 churches, a public library, a theatre, a masonic temple, a business college, the Norwich Free Academy, liberally endowed, the Slater Art Museum, 5 national banks, with a capital of $2,000,000, 3 savings. banks, with deposits amounting to $16,611,282.87, an electric railway 26 miles in length, and printing offices which issue 2 daily and 2 weekly newspapers.
The branches of the Thames afford water-power here for various manufactories, which are very numerous and extensive. The products of these are cotton goods, for which there are several large mills, machinery, carpets, folded. paper carpet-lining, locks, wood types, firearms (3 manufactories), iron pipes, woollen goods, &c. The capital invested in manufactures and transportation is stated to be $8,000: 000. Here are several paper-mills, the Norwich Worsted Company, the Cranston Printing-Press Works, the Thames Iron-Works, the Norwich Silk Company, the Rogers Cutlery and Plating Company, &c. Pop, of the city in 1880, 15, 112; in 1890, 16,156.
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