19th c. CT Valley Industries Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019
Please join us at Windsor Historical Society on Wednesday, April 17th at 7 p.m., when historian Bill Hosley will present his illustrated lecture: Silicon Valley of the 19th Century: Rediscovering the Connecticut Valley’s Industrial Heritage. In 1796, the federal government began a half-century of patronage for the Springfield Armory. Its presence in the Connecticut Valley, coupled with ready access to high quality steel, competitively-priced coal and transportation, abundant water power, and the availability of an educated labor force, transformed our region into American’s first high-tech in |
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