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Norwhich, CT – Waterfront & interesting buildings.
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Yantic Falls (Indian Leap) – Norwich, CT
[wzslider autoplay=”true” interval=”6000″ height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]First let me apologize for the very poor quality of these photographs. I happened upon this very cool site and only had my cell phone with me. Because light was streaming in through the tree tops it just couldn’t handle the high dynamic range so I did the best I could in post processing. I wanted to publish the shots however because this a cool place to visit if you’re ever in Norwich, CT. In addition there is some rich history connected to this waterfall known as “Indian Leap/Yantic Falls (named after the Yantic River which flows through it”. The Yantic Falls is where industrial…
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Repurposed Mill at Indian Leap – Norwhich CT
[wzslider autoplay=”true” interval=”6000″ height=”800″ info=”true” lightbox=”true”]The attached photo’s represent the once abandoned and recently repurposed mills of the Indian Leap neighborhood of Norwich, CT. The best that I can determine is that these mills belonged to the Falls Mill Company circa 1860. Power was harnessed by the Yantic Falls less than 1/4 mile upstream. Unfortunately I was not able to acquire more history about this mill. Photographs taken with Samsung Galaxy Note II, 8mp, camera phone.
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Abandoned Taftville/Ponemah Textile Mill – Norwhich, CT
[wzslider autoplay=”true” height=”800″ lightbox=”true”]NOTE: There are two separate buildings in the photo’s. One is four stories the other is two stories. The rear of the four story building is also depicted. The article shown below in quotations was reproduced from Wikipedia and can be read in it’s entirety here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taftville,_Connecticut “Taftville is a small village in eastern Connecticut. It is a neighborhood of Norwich but has its own post office (ZIP Code 06380). It was established in 1866 as site for the large Taftville Mill, later Ponemah Mill. The village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Taftville and as alternative name Taftville/Ponemah Mill National Register Historic…
