World War Monument, Naugatuck

World War Monument, Naugatuck
– Dave Pelland, CTMonuments.net

The town of Naugatuck, located in New Haven County, spans both sides of the Naugatuck River and lies just south of Waterbury. Incorporated as a town in 1844, it became, in 1895, the only town in Connecticut that is both a consolidated borough and a town. Settled in 1701 as a rural farming community, Naugatuck became, like other area towns in the 19th century, a bustling industrial center. It was known primarily for its rubber production and for manufacturing naugahyde, a synthetic leather material. Today, Naugatuck is largely a bedroom community and is known for its impressive town common that features eleven commissions designed by the renowned architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White.

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The Naugatuck Chemical Company with piles of old rubber tires

Naugatuck’s Early Chemical Industry

One of the attributes that made Naugatuck unique was that it was the home of Charles Goodyear, the inventor of vulcanized rubber. …[more]

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Places

Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. “Larkin State Park Trail,” 2012. Link.
“Naugatuck Historical Society,” 2016. Link.
Railroad Museum of New England. “Naugatuck Railroad,” 2016. Link.

Documents

“Map - North Part of New Haven Co., Connecticut from Town and City Atlas of the State of Connecticut.” Boston, MA: D.H. Hurd & Company, 1893. University of Connecticut Libraries, Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. Link.
Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. “Naugatuck - WPA Architectural Survey,” 2015. Link.
“Naugatuck Collection.” Connecticut Digital Archive, n.d. Link.
O.H. Bailey & Company. “View of Naugatuck, Conn. 1877.” Boston, MA: Bailey & Company, 1877. University of Connecticut Libraries, Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. Link.
O.H. Bailey & Company. “View of Naugatuck, Conn. 1907.” New York: Hughes & Bailey, 1907. University of Connecticut Libraries, Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. Link.

Books

Green, Constance. History of Naugatuck, Connecticut. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1948.
Rockey, J. L., ed. History of New Haven County, Connecticut. Vol. 2. New York: W. W. Preston, 1892. Link.
Pape, William J. History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut. Vol. 1. Chicago; New York: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1918. Link.
Naugatuck Historical Society, and Dana Blackwell. Naugatuck. Dover,  NH: Arcadia, 1996.
Gagliardi, Ron. Naugatuck Revisited. Charleston,  SC: Arcadia, 2004.
Bronson, Henry. The History of Waterbury, Connecticut the Original Township Embracing Present Watertown and Plymouth, and Parts of Oxford, Wolcott, Middlebury, Prospect and Naugatuck. Waterbury, CT: Bronson Brothers, 1858. Link.