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The Windham Textile and History Museum preserves and presents the history of the neighboring Jillson Mills and the rest of Willimantic during the Industrial Revolution. The Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum , located where the Columbia Junction Freight Yard was, has a collection of locomotives and rolling stock, as well as a reconstructed six ...
A 90-foot (27 m) drop further west on the Willimantic provided an additional source of water power, which was exploited in the early 19th century for the production of textiles. By 1836 there were six textile mills lining the river, and the growth of Willimantic as an urban commercial hub and mill village was in full swing. Main Street, laid ...
The Prospect Hill Historic District encompasses a large residential area in the Willimantic section of Windham, Connecticut.Located north of the Main Street commercial district, it was developed between about 1865 and 1930, and is one of the state's largest historic districts, with more than 800 contributing buildings.
Location of Windham County in Connecticut. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Connecticut. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The locations of National Register ...
The Frog Bridge (officially known as the Thread City Crossing) is a bridge located in Willimantic, Connecticut, which carries South Street across the Willimantic River. Opened in September 2000, it is known as the Frog Bridge because it has four copper frog sculptures on each end of the bridge, sitting on concrete thread spools.
One of four frog statues located at each corner of the Frog Bridge in Willimantic. The Thread City Crossing, commonly known as the Frog Bridge, is a bridge in Willimantic that spans the Willimantic River. The bridge was completed in 2000 and features four 11-foot (3.4 m) tall copper frogs atop giant concrete spools at each corner of the bridge.
It was built in 1896 for the housing of the Windham County Courthouse and the Willimantic City Government. [2] Before then, the government was held in a rented space in Hayden Block. [ 3 ] It is made out of 1.25 million bricks, cost $73,000 (1895) to make, and contains a large clock donated by James Hayden . [ 4 ]
The Windham Textile and History Museum is a museum in Willimantic, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States. It is currently located in Main St. [ 1 ] Exhibits