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Norwich
,
Conn
.
Creator
Knecht, H.
Place
Norwich (Conn.)
Shetucket River (Conn.)
Yantic River (Conn.)
Topic
Church buildings
Industrial buildings
Genre
Bird's-eye views
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Description
View
of
Norwich
. In the
foreground
are
hills
with
two
men
looking
into the
city
. The
Norwich
and
Worcester
Railroad
passes
under
two
covered
bridges
. A
wagon
carrying
hay
is
entering
the
bridge
on the
right
. The
street
parallel
to the
Shetucket
River
is
Shetucket
Street
. The
Central
Baptist
Church
, with a
prominent
steeple
,
is
on the
left
.
Just
above
the
bridge
on the
right
is
the
Second
Congregational
Church
.
Above
and
slightly
to the
left
is
the
School
Street
School
House.The
Trinity
Episcopal
Church
on
Main
Street
is
identifiable
by its
tower
with
four
pointed
corners
.
Below
the
church
is
the
factory
of
Williams
&
Converse
,
Hardware
&
Cutlery
. In the
background
on the
left
, the
connecting
track
from the
Worcester
and
Norwich
Railroad
to the
New
London
,
Willimantic
, and
Palmer
Railroad
is
visible
; this
passes
over
the
Yantic
River
. Also
prominent
in the
foreground
is
a
boathouse
and a
steamboat
with "
City
of
Boston
" on its
side
. A
sailboat
is
directly
to the
left
of the
steamboat
.
Vignettes
on the
bottom
include
Norwich
Falls
, with an
unnamed
mill
on the
Yantic
River
;
rural
Norwich
Town
with
farmland
and a
horse-drawn
carriage
on a
road
, and
Greenville
, an
industrial
community
on the
banks
of the
Shetucket
River
.
Notes
Perspective
map
not
drawn
to
scale
.
Drawn
from
nature
&
lith
. by
H
.
Knecht
.
Printed
by
J
.
Rau
,
381
Pearl
St
.
New
York
.
New
York
:
J
.
Rau
,
[187-]
Publisher
New York : J. Rau, [187-]
Physical format
1
print
:
lithograph
;
54
x
81
cm
.
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1950.207.0
image/jp2
File
name
:
chs_1950_207_0.jp2
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
of The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
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Birds eye views
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