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Dock in New Haven, CT
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]I just happened to be driving down Quinnipiac Ave. in Fair Haven, (a neighborhood in New Haven), CT while working recently when I noticed this neat little dock out of the corner of my eye. I turned around to give it another look and felt it would make a nice photograph. I had a few more sales calls in the area so I returned later that afternoon. This dock is in the Quinnipiac River about a mile north of the Grand Ave. draw bridge. It is nestled in a fairly congested residential neighborhood. There were no boats or people in the immediate vicinity of the dock so…
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Grand Avenue Bridge, New Haven, CT
[wzslider height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”] The Grand Ave. bridge, which spans the Quinnipiac River, is located in a neighborhood of New Haven, CT known s “Fair Haven”. Brief history of the bridge: 1791 – First wood and stone draw bridge was constructed. The draw was lifted by oxen. It was known as the Dragon Bridge because, at that time, Dragon was the term used for what we now call Fair Haven. Fair Haven is located approx. 2 miles east of the downtown New Haven green. 1860 – A new drawbridge was constructed with pedestrian sidewalks. 1896 – Steel swing bridge constructed by Berlin Iron Bridge Company of Berlin, CT. It’s dimensions…
