SILENT GROUNDS COLLECTIVE · THE CONNECTICUT ARCHIVE
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Tolland County · June 1994
A complete photographic survey of Mount Hope Road Bridge reveals how a small rural crossing connects local travel with Connecticut’s bridge-building industry.
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![Colt’s Armory in the early twentieth century — [between 1900 and 1906]](/county-images/86c1048ec1d98d9b1ae53fe058591087f5113e4355c6d34114efab4195d6bc5b.jpg)
Hartford County · [between 1900 and 1906]
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FROM THE GROUNDS · NOVEMBER 4, 2026
The October 24–25 cleanup weekend is complete. Volunteers cleared brush and fallen branches, collected leaves, and brought overgrown markers back into view.
Thank you to the City of Meriden, Parks and Recreation, our volunteers and donors. Continued care is being planned for spring 2027, with dates to follow once confirmed.
Cleanup photos & spring plansHISTORY · LANDSCAPES · COMMUNITY
Silent Grounds Collective is developing New Haven Trail Company to support trail maintenance, brush clearing and outdoor stewardship with landowners and community partners.
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Explore New Haven Trail Company →EIGHT COUNTIES · EIGHT NEW STORIES
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Simsbury
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New HavenTHE COLLECTION CATALOG
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The preserved furnace stack, 2012 · September 25, 2012 (photographer metadata)COLLECTION 165Industrial history
North Canaan
A surviving blast furnace in East Canaan reveals how a river-powered iron works supplied the railroad industry and later became a state industrial monument.
1847–1919; preservation from 1946
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Earlier editions: Town history research bundle · Health, transit and recreation bundle. Source links identify material held elsewhere; image credits explain dates and reuse terms.
