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Norwich Water Power Company, West bank of Shetucket River beginning opposite Second Street & extending .8 mile northward, Greenville section, Norwich, New London County, CT

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Norwich Water Power Company, West bank of Shetucket River beginning opposite Second Street & extending .8 mile northward, Greenville section, Norwich, New London County, CT

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Significance: The canal and dam of the Norwich Water Power Company, incorporated in 1828, was one of the earliest water power engineering projects in Connecticut. The company sold water power to manufacturers who built mills on a strip of land between the canal and the river. The village of Greeneville grew up around the canal's industrial activity and remained one of Norwich's most populous neighborhoods will into the 20th century.
Survey number: HAER CT-147

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
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connecticut41.52426, -72.07591
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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