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CTMQ > Waterbury

The Radium Girls

June 8, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Not Rad Radium Girls Memorial Way Waterbury If you're ever sitting at the light at Mill and Union Streets in Waterbury - the intersection next to I-84 and the now-closed TimExpo Museum... the Easter Island Moai - you know the place. Yes. There. If you're sitting there, you may notice this small sign: And if … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Religion, Remembrances, & Outdoor Art Tagged With: Horology, New Haven County, roadside signs, Waterbury

Hamilton Park

April 21, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hub of Waterbury Hamilton Park, Waterbury There is a lot of history at Hamilton Park in Waterbury. History I'm not going to get too deep into at all. It's just an old town park. It doesn't really rise to the level necessary to get the full CTMQ treatment. And you won't believe this, but it also doesn't even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Superlatives, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Firsts Onlies and Oldests, New Haven County, Waterbury

Hobart Welton Carriage Shed

April 6, 2022 by Steve 2 Comments

Fictus Dolium Nullus Hobart Victory Welton Carriage Shed, Waterbury If you're the type of person that cares about the brilliant hierarchical structuring of CTMQ, you'll notice that this page falls into the "Roads and Tunnels" section of the "Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, … [Read more...]

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

World’s Strongest Policeman

March 22, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Pound? Stone? Really? World's Strongest Policeman Waterbury Here's the thing. A sign is still perched at the corner of Plank and Bryan Streets in Waterbury. Right there... across from Sultan's (delicious), Nardelli's (delicious), and Dunya (deliciousest). In 2022. And I'm not sure the sign is accurate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, New Haven County, roadside signs, Waterbury

Mattatuck State Forest

January 21, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mattatuck State Forest Harwinton, Litchfield, Plymouth, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown What started as an over-timbered little 723 acres gifted to the state in 1926 has grown to 4,510 acres in 20 parcels across six towns. Most of what people are familiar with is in Thomaston, Waterbury, and Watertown though. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Litchfield County, mattatuck state forest, New Haven County, Plymouth, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown

Lakewood Road Post Office

August 13, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

Stamping Out Architectural Design Lakewood Road Post Office, Waterbury I've become enamored with out of place post offices in Connecticut. We have a bunch of them, so stay tuned over the next few decades as I uncover and expose them all here. Perhaps, when all is said and done, I'll have the definitive collection … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: New Haven County, post offices, Waterbury

The Village at East Farms Covered Bridge

June 7, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

The Village People The Village at East Farms Covered Bridge, Waterbury Every time I dash off another page about another covered bridge that no one would consider worthy of creating a new CTMQ page for, I question myself. Intensely. There's no historical value to this bridge. It was built in 2000. It does cross a … [Read more...]

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

Iraq: Dunya Market & Deli

March 18, 2021 by Steve 3 Comments

I'm Not Dunya Dunya Market, Waterbury March 2021 Full disclosure: I don't know anything about Iraqi cuisine. While that surely won't come as a surprise to anyone, I think that's also the fun of this Connecticut World Food Tour side project I do once in a blue moon. An alternate title for this page could … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Food Tour of the World, iraq, New Haven County, Waterbury

Timexpo, The Timex Museum (Closed)

March 3, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Time To Pretend Waterbury March 14, 2015 The museum closed in late 2015. The Easter Island head still stands in early 2021. Whilst sitting in traffic in Waterbury, you probably notice two things every time. The cross up on the hill at Holy Land, USA and the Easter Island Mo'ai head near the mall. I'm fairly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, Horology, Industrial History, New Haven County, Waterbury

Fulton Park

February 3, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Waterbury Can Be Shady Fulton Park, Waterbury May 2019 Most of these city park “hikes” are more accurately “strolls.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I don’t really have a definitive definition for which of these city “strolls” makes it into the CTMQ Hikes category, but it would be something like, “if … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: New Haven County, Waterbury

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