Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . THE AVERY MEMORIAL - AVERY MEMORIAL PARK, GROTON. The Avery Memorial Marks the Site of the Old Hive of the Averys. Built in 1656 by Captain James Avery andOccupied by Him and Seven Generations of His Descendants Until it was Burned, on the Night of July 20th. 1894. AveryMemorial Park is Two Miles From New London, on the Shore Line Railroad, and May Be Seen From the Passing Secretary of the Avery Memorial Association is Miss He
Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . THE AVERY MEMORIAL - AVERY MEMORIAL PARK, GROTON. The Avery Memorial Marks the Site of the Old Hive of the Averys. Built in 1656 by Captain James Avery andOccupied by Him and Seven Generations of His Descendants Until it was Burned, on the Night of July 20th. 1894. AveryMemorial Park is Two Miles From New London, on the Shore Line Railroad, and May Be Seen From the Passing Secretary of the Avery Memorial Association is Miss Helen M. Avery, of Number 6. North Main Street. New London. 190 i>icturesque 1Rcw ILondon, CviTAiN Thomas A. Scott, a l;i- and a working force of nearly one hun-moLis diver, wrecker aiirl contractor of dred men. Thus iiis equipment is. New London,Connecticut,was born atSnow Hill, Wor-cester County,Maryland, Aug-ust lOth, son of Wil-liam and Eliza-beth Scott. In 1873 hebecame a resi-dent of N e wLondon, under-taking at thattime a govern-ment contractto build RaceRock Light-house, besidesmany other im-j) o r t a n t c o n -tracts in wharfand sea-wallconstruction,among whichwas Pier No. 1,North River, New York. He also en-joys the distinction of I)eing the firstman to work on the Brooklyn made all the preliminary exam-inations of the river bottom, andsuperintended the work of laying thefoundations ofthe spans. Hiswharf on Ie-quot avenue ex-tends two hun-dred feet intothe harbor andhas a frontagreof two hundredand fifty extensive1) u s i n e s s r e -quires four tugs,five lighters,two floatingj)iledrivers, adredge with five scows, besides pumps,boilers and heavy gear of every kind.
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