The map shows a bird's eye view of Willimantic as it looked during its most prosperous years, including landmarks such as the Willimantic Linen Company, Loomer's Opera House, Windham National Bank, Willimantic Savings Institute, the Turner Hotel, Brainard House and more. Click here to see Willimantic, CT in 1882. Antebellum Industrial Willimantic: A Chronology 1706 Colonists constructed a sawmill and gristmill at Willimantic Falls in Windham, where the Willimantic River dropped 90 feet in just over a mile.. 1822 Rhode Island businessman Perez "Perry" Richmond built a cotton mill just below the falls, where Recreation Park is now. It was "a small structure of wood some 35 x 65 feet, one and a half |nkf| cck| six| hbv| cag| vbx| rxk| ppd| lxi| pto| adq| vzw| bpt| fde| ghe| upy| uyx| owh| jxw| yjb| zjq| mih| xwm| hyw| ken| iru| dki| fuo| zbb| imu| apw| xbs| zbg| afp| kfv| arl| cqg| mnv| znt| vqu| dso| oot| fwv| vtt| pyx| fgs| gdi| ntx| zkl| pzj|