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Title	Pocatonnuc (Poquetanuck), Preston.
Creator	Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885.
Place	Poquetanuck (Conn.)
Topic	Sawmills Lumber trade Stone walls Dwellings Congregational churches Church buildings
Theme	Infrastructure Lifestyle
Description	Distant view of Poquetanuck, a village in the town of Preston. A "sawmill" is in the left foreground, behind some large rocks. Houses and other buildings are clustered along the road as it winds into the distance. A "stone wall" divides fields on the right. The large church on the far right is the Episcopal Church. A detail of one of the houses is above the main drawing in the left. Notes above the drawing read, in part: "Sloops can get with[in] 1/2 mile of village at high water / considerable quantities of ship timber & plank exported... water brought by aqueduc t... sea-faring men live in the village.."<br>
Notes	Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836. <br>
Date created	1834.
Physical format	1 drawing ; 17 x 20 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1953.5.227<br>File name 2825 img0022.pcd<br>
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Collection	John Warner Barber Collection.<br>
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Drawings

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