Waterbury, Connecticut, USA (Waterville)
1895 - Waterbury

Waterbury, wä'ter-ber-e, a beautiful city of New Haven co., Conn., is pleasantly situated in a valley, on the Naugatuck River, 33 miles S.W. of Hartford, 21 miles N.N.W. of New Haven, and 88 miles N.E. of New York. It is on the New York & New England Railroad, at its junction with the Naugatuck Railroad. Many of the residences are remarkable for their neatness, and are adorned with shade-trees, flower-gardens, and shrubbery. In the central part of the town is a fine public park, from which the principal streets diverge. On the border of this park stand the new and elegant city hall and St. John's Episcopal church, the latter built of granite, in the Norman or Gothic style, with a spire 200 feet high, and an organ said to be the largest in the state. The city contains 8 churches, a high school, several other fine public-school buildings... printing-offices which issue 3 daily and 3 weekly news- V papers. Waterbury has long been distinguished for its in varied and extensive manufactures, which, according to Sh the census returns of 1890, employ a capital of $14,638,476, for with an annual product valued at $15,602,684. It has a mil number of rolling-mills, foundries, button-factories, clock-factories, and extensive manufactures of brass kettles, pins, wire, files, suspenders, machinery, silver-plated ware, and pearl goods. It is stated that three-fifths of the brass manufactured in the United States is made here. About 10,000 persons are employed in the manufactories of Waterbury. Pop. in 1870, 10,826; in 1880, 17,806; in 1890, 28,646.

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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