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CTMQ > Everything Else > Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries

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Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries

StanChem Fishway

March 24, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Fishway Stan StanChem Fishway, Berlin Why did I ever begin documenting fishways and fish ladders and lifts? I honestly don't remember. In my defense, a couple of them here and there act as sort of outdoor museums and have displays and open houses and stuff. But that doesn't explain why I went beyond them to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Berlin, Fish, Fishways & Lifts & Ladders, Hartford County

Bread and Milk Road & Street

March 16, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Winter Storm Prep Central Bread and Milk Road & Street, Coventry & Vernon We all love dumb street names. As I've slowly introduced my son to the wonderful world of CTMQ - despite his being an unwitting part of it his entire life - he really seems to enjoy the dumb street names I highlight on occasion. When we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Coventry, Roads and Tunnels, Tolland County, Vernon

North Meadow Road

January 26, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

It Starts and Ends with Guns North Meadow Road, Windsor I'll admit it; I'm a bit confused about this page. This short half-paved road in Windsor is supposed to be important. I was led to believe it is important - so much so that I traveled the full length of it to take pictures to complement a robust page about the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Hartford County, Roads and Tunnels, Windsor

Smith-Hubbell Wildlife Refuge and Bird Sanctuary

January 4, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Purple Martins Majesty Smith-Hubbell Wildlife Refuge and Bird Sanctuary and Tower, Milford August 2021 As most readers know, every hike (and "hike") I feature on CTMQ isn't great. Sometimes my hiking partner is a drag, sometimes the weather is a bummer, and sometimes the hike itself isn't impressive. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: audubon, Audubon trails, Birds, Calvin, Hikes with my Boys, Milford, New Haven County, Observation Towers

Pumpkin Delight Road & School

November 26, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Pump(kin) Up The Jam! Pumpkin Delight Road & School, Milford Please be assured that I've scoured the internet for a whole two minutes trying to find out why this road is called Pumpkin Delight Road. I must assume the road was named before the school and that the school was named because of the road it's near. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Milford, New Haven County, Roads and Tunnels

CT Roadside Sign Gallery

October 22, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Signs, Signs, Everywhere is signs Connecticut Roadside Sign Gallery I'm not sure how far I'll take this page, especially seeing as I didn't begin it until late 2021. That's 15 years of passing by dopey signs and not thinking to capture them for posterity. Note: I certainly have been capturing all the ET Progressive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Roads and Tunnels, roadside signs

Sub Way

October 13, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

Underwater Franchisees? Sub Way and Subway, Milford For whatever reason, people are often surprised that Subway is a Connecticut Company. Why? Every company has to start somewhere. Maybe because in Connecticut sub sandwiches on sub rolls are called grinders on grinder rolls. (And where I grew up, they're hoagies on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Milford, New Haven County, Other Companies and Businesses, Roads and Tunnels

Ratlum Mountain Fire Tower (Private)

September 6, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Awww, Rats(lums)! Ratlum Mountain Fire Tower (Private), Canton August 2021 Like everyone, I'm sure, I've wistfully stared up at the Ratlum Mountain tower from the red light on Route 44 in the center of New Hartford for decades. So tall! So visible! So exciting! So... private. Always one to respect privacy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Canton, Hartford County, Observation Towers, privately owned trail

Stevenson Dam & Bridge

July 27, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

Bridge Over Troubled... Dam? Route 34 and The Stevenson Dam Monroe & Oxford Stop me if you've heard this one before: "the Stevenson Dam is one of only two dams in the country that has a public road over the top." Wait. That's ridiculous, even if I've seen it in print. The actual claim is more specific: "the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Canals and Dams, Cool Bridges, Fairfield County, Fishways & Lifts & Ladders, Monroe, New Haven County, Oxford

Klan Drive

July 21, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

OKKKaaaayyy... Klan Drive, Wolcott I'm sure there's a perfectly benign explanation for Klan Drive in Wolcott. Googling "Klan" does not provide this, however. In fact, deep Googling only makes the case that "Klan" is and always was what you associate the word with. So maybe Wolcott's Klan Drive is named … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: New Haven County, Roads and Tunnels, Wolcott

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