Everything Bridgewater I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Bridgewater CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
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Canterbury: Complete!
Canterbury: Complete! D&G Pizza and Pub Here is my list of everything I've done in Canterbury! I’m very excited to write this page. This is the 15th of what may ultimately be 169 town completion celebration pages! Yes, of course I am fully aware of how absurd that is. But I love it. For those of you … [Read more...]
Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum
HangArn a Minute! East Hartford (Google Maps location) May 2019 Connecticut museum visit #414. Visiting has become much more difficult now, with a badge-access campus. After I left my job at LEGO in late April 2019, I had a few weeks before starting at my new place of employment. With some free time, I did … [Read more...]
ASME: Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp Radial Engine
ASME Landmark # 260 (1925) Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford May 2019 Everything I read online tells me that there’s an original 1925 Wasp engine up at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks. And I’m 100% sure there is. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers National Landmark plaque is probably up there … [Read more...]
Perfection Screw (Gone)
I’m a Child Perfection Screw, Wolcott Perfection Screw was bought by another company in April 2019 and is no longer. There’s no need for this on the esteemed pages of CTMQ. Yet, here we are. Perfection Screw and Rivet (whose signage only said “Perfection Screw”) was founded in 1952 and produced thousands of … [Read more...]
Hockanum River Trail 3: Elm Street
Nightmare on Elm Street Hockanum River Trail: Elm Street, East Hartford ~0.75 miles, May 2019 If you are reading my thru-hike of the Hockanum River Trail in order (generally south to north), you have already read the Town Hall Trail page. If you haven’t, it’s a fun one and you should. Better yet, start at the … [Read more...]
NHL: Prudence Crandall House
CT National Historic Landmark Prudence Crandall House 1 South Canterbury Road (Junction of Routes 14 & 169), Canterbury It took me 13 years of writing this website to visit the Prudence Crandall Museum. Granted, Canterbury isn't exactly down the street from me, but I had driven by it a dozen times probably. And … [Read more...]
Concept of Freedom Trail: Canterbury
Prudence Crandall House 1 South Canterbury Road (Junction of Routes 14 & 169), Canterbury I'm going to flip the Freedom Trail site's ordering of information here and put this first: In 1994, Prudence Crandall was inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame and in 1995, Crandall was designated as … [Read more...]
Prudence Crandall Museum
Prudent and P.C. Canterbury (Google Maps location) June 2019 Yes, I've finally visited the Prudence Crandall Museum. On the face of it, it's "just another" large Georgian historic House museum on a quiet back road in Connecticut. One of a hundred. Heck, travel routes 69 and 14 starting at the Prudence Crandall … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Salem
Everything Salem I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Salem CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If I’ve … [Read more...]
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