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  New Haven, Connecticut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Haven is generally considered to be halfway between the greater New York metropolitan area and the greater New England area, and can be said to be culturally split between the influence of the larger cities and its own New England roots.
New Haven was incorporated as a city in 1784, and Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Constitution and author of the "Connecticut Compromise", became the new city's first mayor.
New Haven was home to one of the important early events in the burgeoning anti-slavery movement when, in 1839, the trial of mutineering Mendi tribesmen being transported as slaves on the Spanish slaveship Amistad was held in New Haven's United States District Court.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut   (4417 words)

  
 New Haven Harbor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Haven Harbor is an inlet on the north side of Long Island Sound in the state of Connecticut in the United States.
The harbor is protected from Long Island Sound by a peninsula from its western side, once known as "Little Necke" but now called Lighthouse Point, because of the lighthouse that was constructed on its tip in 1805.
The original lighthouse was replaced in 1845 by the current structure, called the New Haven Harbor Lighthouse.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Haven_Harbor   (169 words)

  
 New Haven Online!: History of New Haven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
By 1701, New Haven had grown to be the village center of a mainly agricultural township and became co-capital of Connecticut, along with Hartford.
In 1784, New Haven was incorporated as a city and Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was elected first mayor.
The Elm City--Green and Clean initiative, the return of an AHL hockey team to the New Haven Coliseum, the revitalization of Ninth Square and the redevelopment of downtown are restoring a sense of hope and future to the fabric of the community.
www.cityofnewhaven.com /history   (1303 words)

  
 New Haven Yacht Club -- sail the Connecticut shore & Long Island Sound
The New Haven Yacht Club is located in the Morris Cove section of New Haven, Connecticut on the east side of New Haven Harbor.
Our members come from the greater New Haven area and as far as Westchester, NY and Hartford, CT. Boats range from 15 feet to 30 feet, including two cruising trimarans.
The New Haven Yacht Club was chartered by a Special Act of the Connecticut Assembly in 1882, making it one of the oldest chartered yacht clubs in the nation.
www.newhavenyc.org   (143 words)

  
 New Haven Approaches & Anchorages
The breakwaters marking the main entrance to New Haven Harbor are 4.1nm by boat west of Blyn Rock outside Branford Harbor, and 6.4nm by boat northeast ofThe Gulf at Milford Harbor.
When approaching New Haven from the west, you'll have plenty of room to enter the harbor between the mainland and the west breakwaterThe west end of the breakwater is marked with flashing red bsec light"2" on a 2Pfoot tower [WP-2riOSO] and can be seen for nearly 4 miles.
New Haven Light on the east end of the breakwater has a flashing white 4sec light on a 35-foot tower [WP-240751 and is visible for 7 miles.The middle breakwater is marked with a 35-foot red 4sec flasher on its west end and a 43-foot green 4sec flasher on its east end.
www.aztec.com /guide/newhavn4.htm   (1119 words)

  
 Vincent T. Breslin, Ph.D.
Robert Nicholson (BS Chemistry, 2002) and I examined the sediment metal contamination in the West River Memorial Park, New Haven, CT. As part of this study, Kristin DeRosia (BS Biology, 2002) examined whether the abundance or diversity of benthic invertebrates was affected by the presence of contaminant metals in the sediment.
New Haven and Bridgeport Harbors are two of the largest ports of entry in Connecticut and play pivotal roles in the transportation infrastructure and future economic development of the state.
Copper was found to have the highest calculated enrichment factors for New Haven and Bridgeport harbors ranging from 35 for the inner harbor sediment in Bridgeport to 7.6 in sediment for the area surrounding the breakwaters in New Haven harbor.
www.southernct.edu /programs/utpp/breslin/research.html   (1609 words)

  
 ipedia.com: New Haven, Connecticut Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
New Haven is generally considered to be within the greater New York metropolitan area, and can be said to be culturally split between New York's influence and its own New England roots.
New Haven was home to one of the important early events in the burgeoning anti-slavery movement when in 1839, the trial of the mutineering Mendi tribesmen from the slaveship Amistad was held in New Haven's United States District Court.
New Haven's best-known geographic features are its large deep harbor, and two reddish sandstone "trap rocks" which rise to the northeast and northwest of the city core.
www.ipedia.com /new_haven__connecticut.html   (2988 words)

  
 Five Mile Point (New Haven Harbor) Light History
New Haven was a flourishing port in coastal and West Indies trade.
The new 65-foot tower was built of brownstone (quarried in nearby East Haven) with a brick lining and was attached to the keeper's house.
In 1922 the land was transferred to the State of Connecticut and the buildings to the City of New Haven, and in 1924 the City bought the entire property for $11,180.
www.lighthouse.cc /newhaven/history.html   (821 words)

  
 84.06.10: Gateway to New Haven: The New Haven Harbor
The settlers of New Haven arrived in 1638 under the leadership of John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton.
The New Haven Harbor was quite busy because the age of coal caused the shipment of this fuel to double and redouble.
Tweed New Haven Airport which is partly in New Haven and partly in East Haven is one of the dominant land users of Morris Cove.
www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1984/6/84.06.10.x.html   (7006 words)

  
 New Haven Harbor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
New Haven Harbor is an inlet on the north of Long Island Sound in the state of Connecticut in the United States.
Geologically the inlet is a fjord carved by the retreat of the during the last ice age approximately 13 000 years ago.
The harbor is protected from Long Island by a peninsula from its western side known as "Little Necke" but now called Point because of the lighthouse that was on its tip in 1805.
www.freeglossary.com /New_Haven_Harbor   (295 words)

  
 79.03.06: Urban Renewal in New Haven
New Haven was once a national leader among cities in the United States for its efforts in pioneering urban renewal.
While these projects cannot compare in scope to the changes that took place in New Haven in the years from the fifties to the present, they are important to note, for they illustrate the persisting efforts of New Haveners to improve their city.
We in New Haven believe that the goal of a democratic society is the fullest possible development of the individual potentialities of all its people.
www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1979/3/79.03.06.x.html   (4815 words)

  
 Battle of New Haven
New Haven had not celebrated our country’s third year of existence that day because of the Sabbath, but The Second Company, Connecticut Governor’s Foot Guard was readying their red and blue uniforms, and brushing their tall bearskin hats in preparation for a Monday celebration and parade.
New Haven’s militia and local townsfolk hid in the underbrush along the British route, and took shots at the invaders from their concealed positions.
Meanwhile, on the East Haven side of the harbor, General Tryon, with the 23rd Royal Regiment, Landgrave’s Hessian Regiment, and “The King’s Americans”, a Tory regiment had landed at Lighthouse Point near Black Rock Fort at approximately the same time.
www.ctssar.org /articles/battle_new_haven.htm   (493 words)

  
 New Haven Advocate: But Is It Art?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
And I learned that, no matter how static it may appear from the Q Bridge, New Haven Harbor is not merely a set of abstract forms to be viewed from a distance.
New Haven Terminal, headed by Joseph Crowley, retained the oil, fuel and chemical aspects of the business.
While a new picture of worker-friendly New Haven Harbor forms in my mind, I take a walk around the terminal with Logistec administrator Ty Wallace, a young, affable guy in khakis and a tie.
old.newhavenadvocate.com /articles/harbor.html   (2885 words)

  
 The Quinnipiac River
With a drainage area of 165 square miles, the Quinnipiac River Watershed is situated primarily within the towns of New Britain, Plainville, Southington, Cheshire, Meriden, Wallingford, Hamden, North Haven and New Haven (Figure 1).
New Haven Harbor is the most active commercial harbor in the state and the third most utilized in New England.
The basin was settled and industrialized during the colonial period and is still known for its chemical and metalworking industries.
dep.state.ct.us /wtr/watershed/quinnriv.htm   (1275 words)

  
 The New Haven Harbor Generating Station
New Haven Harbor Generating Station is located on Long Island Sound on the east shore of New Haven Harbor, CT. The station consists of one unit, a 448 MW oil-fired plant that also has the capability to burn natural gas at up to 40% of capacity.
It was originally built in 1975 and upgraded with the addition of the natural gas fuel capability in the 1980s.
PSEG Power’s purchase of New Haven Harbor Generating Station together with the nearby Bridgeport Harbor plant adds a total of 961 MW of primarily coal-and-oil-fired electric generating capacity to PSEG Power’s fleet.
www.pseg.com /companies/fossil/plants/newhaven.jsp   (170 words)

  
 Fair Haven New Jersey real estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Only four states are smaller in size than New Jersey, yet New Jersey ranks ninth in the nation in population and has the highest population density of any U.S. state, facts owing in part to its proximity to both New York City and Philadelphia but also indicative of its economic importance.
New Jersey is a major industrial center, an important transportation corridor and terminus, and a long-established playground for summer vacationers.
New Jersey has been a leader in industrial research and development since the establishment in 1876 of Thomas Edison's research facility in Menlo Park.
www.lorridhomes.com /About_New_Jersey/page_752257.html   (282 words)

  
 New Haven Harbor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The funding will pay for widening major highways that serve as the gateway to New England and replacing the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in New Haven, site of...
New Haven Harbor Generating Station Safety Record Gains...
of the I-95 Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge into a 10-lane bridge crossing the Quinnipiac River may be temporarily suspended, hindering New Haven's efforts to...
www.wikiverse.org /new-haven-harbor   (284 words)

  
 News release information
The project purpose is to interconnect the electric system power market control areas presently managed by the independent systems operators of both New England and New York.
This will enhance the existing power grids of the electric systems serving both states by adding a new bi-directional path for bulk power sales and transfers in and out of Connecticut and New York.
Cable installation is restricted to occur only between Oct. 1 and Jan. 15 or between April 1 and May 31 to protect winter flounder and summer flounder as well as shellfish resources.
www.nae.usace.army.mil /news/2002-42.html   (1213 words)

  
 New Haven CT Lodging - Find New Haven CT Bed & Breakfasts, Inns & Lodging at Escapemaker.com
New Haven may conjure up Ivy League images, and rightly so.
Due to successful revitalizing efforts in the second half of the last century, New Haven is now bustling with activity.
This commemorative brick walkway, connects downtown New Haven with the harbor and West Haven's Savin Rock.
www.escapemaker.com /ct/newhaven/newhaven.html   (1641 words)

  
 I-95 New Haven Harbor Crossing Corridor Improvement Program
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) is improving traffic operations along Interstate 95 in Greater New Haven.
ConnDOT's I-95 New Haven Harbor Crossing (NHHC) Corridor Improvement Program is a multi-modal transportation improvement program that features public transit enhancements and roadway improvements along 7.2 miles (11.5 km) of I-95, between Exit 46 (Sargent Drive) in New Haven and Exit 54 (Cedar Street) in Branford.
A new commuter rail station on State Street in New Haven and improvements to stations in Branford, Guilford, Madison, Clinton and Westbrook; and
www.i95newhaven.com /poverview   (262 words)

  
 New Haven Harbor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
About the progress of Interstate highway improvements between West Haven and Branford, including descriptions of the project and its purpose and impacts, highway cams, and updates on road closures, detours, and traffic.
Financial and accounting recruiting specialists serving Fairfield and New Haven counties, and parts of New York.
Dharma Haven: A Harbor from the Storms of Panic and Confusion
www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=New_Haven_Harbor   (807 words)

  
 I-95 New Haven Harbor Crossing Corridor Improvement Program
Construction of a new Woodward/Stiles interchange that will be accessible from a connector road originating at Waterfront Street and extending to the Fulton Terrace on-ramp.
Reconfiguration of the I-95/I-91/Route 34 Interchange in New Haven to accommodate lanes from new Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge and improve interstate-to-interstate travel.
Project includes construction of new stations in Branford, Guilford and Madison, and was awarded to Banton Construction of North Haven in December 2003.
www.rideworks.com /i95info.htm   (2097 words)

  
 New Haven, Connecticut
the Descendents of Christopher Todd of New Haven Connecticut" by George I...
New Haven, Connecticut, is a relatively small city.
Chabad-Lubavitch of New Haven has many programs and projects for all segments of the Greater New Haven community.
www.ditmoi.com /New-Haven,-Connecticut.html   (523 words)

  
 Saltwater Fishing Reports for New Haven Harbor, Connecticut on 6/11/2004
Weather: It was a little windy and cloudy but as the sun began to set there was a little chill in the air and the seas got calm.
A couple of work buddies(Tom and Andy)and I went out to the break waters in New Haven Habor.
We went to the open channel between Orange and West Haven.
www.wmi.org /saltfish/reports/51901.htm   (147 words)

  
 Fish of New Haven Harbor
There are milllions of species thriving in the care of the New Haven Harbor.
The Weak Fish is dark gray and has a blue glitter on it with with lots of dark spots on its sides.
The Bluefish is found in the New Haven Harbor.It is green that looks like the sea and a little silver.
www.coldspringschool.com /nhg/fish.html   (749 words)

  
 Rod's Photo Gallery: Five Mile Point (New Haven Harbor) Lighthouse
New Haven, Ct ~ New Haven Harbor ~ October 21, 1997
The Five Mile Point Lighthouse is located in southern New Haven within Lighthouse Park, five miles from downtown and hence the name.
The present tower is the 2nd to occupy the location.
home.neo.rr.com /rodsphotogallery/Lighthouses/Connecticut/HTML/FiveMilePoint.html   (188 words)

  
 I-95 New Haven Harbor Crossing Corridor Improvement Program
We are committed to keeping you informed about this Program and welcome your feedback.
Construction News - Waterfront St. Closure at Forbes Ave.
Sign up to receive information about the Program, transportation alternatives, and/or news about lane closures, detours, and other important construction-related activities.
www.i95newhaven.com   (144 words)

  
 Five Mile Point (New Haven Harbor) Light
(New Haven Harbor Light, Old New Haven Light)
Accessibility: The lighthouse is part of New Haven's Lighthouse Point Park.
The grounds are open year-round but the tower is not open on a regular basis.
www.lighthouse.cc /newhaven/index.html   (114 words)

  
 99447264   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
New Haven Harbor Founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of F. Hassler, Superintendent of the survey of the coast of the United States.
Harbor chart annotated in red to show the sector of fire for guns situated at Oyster Point and Fort Hale, Connecticut.
Information added to chart probably reflects the situation during the Civil War.
hdl.loc.gov /loc.gmd/g3784n.cw0117100   (136 words)

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