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The Thames River (/ θ eɪ m z / THAYMZ [1]) is a short river and tidal estuary in the state of Connecticut.It flows south for 15 miles (24 km) [2] through eastern Connecticut from the junction of the Yantic River and Shetucket River at Norwich, Connecticut, to New London and Groton, Connecticut, which flank its mouth at Long Island Sound.
Long Island Sound is shown highlighted in pink between Connecticut and Long Island.. Mystic River. Whitford Brook; Pequotsepos River; Poquonock River; Thames River. Oxoboxo River ...
The Oxoboxo River, / ˈ ɑː k s oʊ ˌ b ɑː k s oʊ / shown on federal maps as Oxoboxo Brook, [1] is a tributary of the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut.It flows roughly 6 miles (9.7 km) in a southeasterly direction from its source at Oxoboxo Lake to its confluence with the Thames.
Ledyard (/ ˈ l ɛ dʒ ɜːr d / LEH-jerd) is a Town in New London County, Connecticut, United States, located along the Thames River. The town is named after Colonel William Ledyard, a Revolutionary War officer who was killed at the Battle of Groton Heights. [3] The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region.
The growing season is quite long in New London. Like much of coastal Connecticut and Long Island, NY, it averages close to 200 frost free days. The new 2023 USDA Garden Zone Map has New London in zone 7a. New London falls into the same garden zone as locations like Trenton, New Jersey, Wilmington, Delaware, or Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. By the ...
Quaker Hill is a village or neighborhood in the town of Waterford, in the southeastern part of Connecticut, United States.. It is located in the northeastern corner of the town, on the west bank of the Thames River (around Smith Cove) north of New London, [1] [2] and centered on the intersection of the Old Norwich Road and the Old Colchester Road.
The Old Thames Shipyard is a historic shipyard on the Thames River at the end of Farnsworth Street in New London, Connecticut. Established in 1900, the shipyard included, at the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, a complete working steam-powered marine railway system, one of the few such in the nation. [2] [1]
New London Ledge Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Thames River in the U.S. state of Connecticut, at the mouth of New London Harbor. It was built in 1909 in the Second Empire style and was automated in 1987. In 1990, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.