What to see in America . ly en-couraged as far back as 1640, but its use was forbidden toany man under twenty-one, unless he obtained a certificatefrom a physician that tobacco was good for him. No onewas allowed to smoke or chew on the streets or in other publicplaces. The industrial importance of the state is chiefly oneof manufactures. Brass goods constitute fully one-quarter ofthe whole in value, and Waterbury is the most notable centerof the industry in America. The clock with brass works wasinvented in 1837, and the excellence and cheapness ofConnecticut machine-made clocks and watches m
What to see in America . ly en-couraged as far back as 1640, but its use was forbidden toany man under twenty-one, unless he obtained a certificatefrom a physician that tobacco was good for him. No onewas allowed to smoke or chew on the streets or in other publicplaces. The industrial importance of the state is chiefly oneof manufactures. Brass goods constitute fully one-quarter ofthe whole in value, and Waterbury is the most notable centerof the industry in America. The clock with brass works wasinvented in 1837, and the excellence and cheapness ofConnecticut machine-made clocks and watches made themfavorites the world over. Tinware began to be manu-factured at Ber- lin in 1740, anda factory formaking pins withmachinery at oneoperation wasestablished atDerby in isfamous for itsgreat carpetmills, Danbury isAmericas lead-ing community for the manufacture of hats, Willimantic isknown far and wide for its production of cotton thread andsewing silk, and Meriden is called the Silver City because. Outlet of Old Windsor Canal 52 What to See in America the making of silver-plated ware has developed into such anindustry there. Near Meriden are the Hanging Hills,flat-topped rocky heights the name of which was suggestedby the abruptness of their rise from the valley. A promising vein of copper was discovered in 1705 atwhat is now East Granby, sixteen miles northwest of Hart-ford. Mining operations continued there for nearly threequarters of a century. In 1773 the colony fitted up theabai^idoned mine for a prison. Its first keeper named it New-gatel after a famous prison in London. Cells were preparedalon^ several galleries, the lowest sixty feet from the was an uncanny place. One prisoner was a negro murdererwho for twenty years was kept chained to the rock in the deep-est part of the mine. He slept on a low ledge and drank froma little pool near at hand. Some of the prisoners tramped therevolving stairway of a treadmill that furnished power togri
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