Two centuries of New Milford, Connecticut : an account of the bi-centennial celebration of the founding of the town held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, with a number of historical articles and reminiscences . III I u - y A ^1 < cc X X C cc c O cS &^. Activities of New Milford in Latee Yeaus 91 ten feet below the level of the canal. Water is conveyed downthis steep declivity to the wheels through a huge cylinder thir-teen feet in diameter. The electricity generated here is carriedon wires to Waterbury, Bristol, and other cities, and moves thetrolley systems of those places. A company was for
Two centuries of New Milford, Connecticut : an account of the bi-centennial celebration of the founding of the town held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, with a number of historical articles and reminiscences . III I u - y A ^1 < cc X X C cc c O cS &^. Activities of New Milford in Latee Yeaus 91 ten feet below the level of the canal. Water is conveyed downthis steep declivity to the wheels through a huge cylinder thir-teen feet in diameter. The electricity generated here is carriedon wires to Waterbury, Bristol, and other cities, and moves thetrolley systems of those places. A company was formed in 1888 for the purpose of makingpottery. Buildings were erected a short distance east of Gid-dings Mill, which received their power from the mill by meansof a long wire cable connected with a water-wheel. Quite alarge business was carried on for a few years; then the plantpassed into other hands for other purposes. George B. Calhoun contributes the following concerning oneof the large industries of the town, the Bridgeport Wood Fin-ishing Company: This company was incorporated in Bridgeport, Conn., onOctober 7, 1876, with a silex manufacturing plant at FortAnn, N. Y. In 1881 the company removed to its present loca-tion at Still River, and e
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