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	Willimantic, Connecticut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Willimantic is a census-designated place and city located in the town of Windham, Connecticut in Windham County, Connecticut, United States.
		The American Thread Company had a mill in Willimantic on the banks of the Willimantic River, and was at one time the largest employer in the state as well as one of the largest producers of thread in the world.
		Willimantic is the home of the Willimantic footbridge (established in 1907), which is the only footbridge in the United States to connect two state highways, as well as crossing all three major forms of transportation (road, rail, and river).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Willimantic,_Connecticut (1204 words)

	Willimantic - LoveToKnow 1911
		WILLIMANTIC, a city of Windham county, Connecticut, U.S.A., in the township of Windham, at the junction of the Willimantic and Natchaug rivers to form the Shetucket, in the E. part of the state, about 16 m.
		The Willimantic river provides good water-power, and there are various manufactures.
		Willimantic was settled in 1822, incorporated as a borough in 1833, and chartered as a city in 1893.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Willimantic (171 words)

	History of Willimantic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Willimantic" is the Algonquin term for "land of the swift running waters." The fast running Willimantic River attracted numerous cotton manufacturers from Rhode Island and Massachusetts in the early 19th century.
		Willimantic also became a major American center for silk thread and cloth production in the years between the end of the Civil War, and the outbreak of World War II.
		Willimantic is positioned 41.71 degrees north of the equator and 72.21 degrees west of the prime meridian.
	www.stormpages.com /g/grobins/earlysettlers.htm (388 words)

	The Frog Bridge (Thread City Crossing, SR 661)
		Willimantic's Frog Bridge, officially known as the Thread City Crossing, connects Routes 66 and 32 across the Willimantic River and a rail line.
		In the mid-19th century several cotton mills along the Willimantic River were producing high-quality thread; and the suburbs on the south side needed better access to the borough on the north side.
		A footbridge built in 1906 served as a compromise for a road bridge defeated in 1904.
	www.kurumi.com /roads/ct/br-frog.html (789 words)

	June 5, 1863
		Elice Elwood, an aged lady, fell and broke the neck of the thigh bone; and on Saturday the wife of Orrin Potter was thrown from a wagon, causing a fracture of a collar bone, and she was otherwise considerably bruised.
		The dam is to be built across the Willimantic river opposite the stone part of the present grist mill which was formerly the old paper mill.
		The boiler and bleach houses are to be between the mill and the river.
	mlloyd.org /Gen/macomb/text/31.html (4167 words)

	Meet the Willimantic River Greenway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Connecticut Greenways Council designated the Willimantic River as an official Connecticut Greenway in 2003.
		Unlike greenways with continuous paved paths, the Willimantic River Greenway is a long-term project to link existing open spaces and to extend walking trails and bike routes along the 25-mile length of the river.
		The Willimantic River Alliance proposed the greenway nomination to the nine towns adjacent to the river and submitted the nomination to the Greenways Council.
	www.willimanticriver.org /river/greenway.html (245 words)

	Willimantic - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The word Willimantic is the Algonquin Indian term for "land of the swift running water".
		This was the Victorian era and the height of Willimantic's grandeur.
		Willimantic is the "Thread City" because of the American Thread Company, which was the largest employer in town.
	www.willimanticstreetfest.com /history.html (680 words)

	River Report for April 28, 2002
		When visiting the river be forewarned that nymphs (darker stones #8-#10), and conventional bead head patterns deliberately fished through glides and riffles will serve you well.
		Jack Powers stopped by to be fitted for a new pair of Simms breathables and filled us in on the inconsistency he has been experiencing on the Willimantic River in Connecticut.
		Craig, a recent convert to the sport, drew his attention away from the more obvious section of the river, and concentrated his efforts to a more remote piece of water.
	www.thelowerforty.com /river_report/rr042802.htm (495 words)

	courant.com \| Small Town, Big-Time Heroin Use
		Willimantic's Main Street has all the trappings of a modern-day Mayberry: planters of petunias outside the barbershop, retirees walking their dogs, kids on skateboards, stately Victorian homes high on a nearby hill.
		A new $14 million bridge spans the Willimantic River across from Jillson Square, decorated by four huge bronze frog sculptures in honor of a local folk tale.
		The Willimantic River, which once powered the textile mills that made the city prosperous, now draws junkies to its muddy banks to shoot up.
	www.courant.com /news/specials/hc-1heroin.artoct20,0,4288805.story?coll=hc-headlines-specials (779 words)

	River Report for June 8, 1999
		The river parallels this road and offers many opportunities to achieve access without too many difficulties while driving north or south along Rt.
		Felix Stolulonis, is beginning to make his annual pilgrimages to Lawrence Brook in Royalston and is achieving success with brook and brown trout using a variety of mayfly imitations, with his patented Red Quill the number one producer.
		We have many reports of local rivers already reaching dangerously high mid-day water temperatures, and, when combined with our low water table, is suffocating the rivers and streams of oxygen necessary in sustaining a viable fishery throughout the summer.
	www.thelowerforty.com /river_report/rr060899.htm (778 words)

	Canoe Rentals - Stone Age Rock Gym
		Hockanum River (Vernon to E. Hartford, CT) - The Hockanum is a spring run-off river.
		Willimantic River (Stafford Springs to Eagleville, CT) - This river swells with spring run-off and rainstorms.
		Farmington River (Riverton to Tariffville, CT) - The Farmington River can be run spring, summer, or fall.
	www.stoneagerockgym.com /Rates/canoerentals2002.htm (236 words)

	Windham Historical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It was built from gneiss granite which was quarried from the nearby Willimantic River.
		The same material was used to construct many of Willimantic's nineteenth century mills.
		627 Main Street, Willimantic, CT 06226 (the stone house at the foot of the Frog Bridge).
	www.windhamhistory.org /index.shtml (107 words)

	Chronicles February 1883 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Willimantic river is much swollen since the moist weather struck in.
		TWC Wed Feb. 28, 1883: The Willimantic Silk company is moving its machinery from this village to Preston, Ct., where a mill has been taken and a consolidation by purchase effected with the Preston company.
		In the town proper, on the north side of the Willimantic river, the company owns about sixty houses which are rented to employees exclusively.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Fields/4791/feb1883.html (17914 words)

	UConn Advance - September 26, 2005 - University responds to drought (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The conservation measures were implemented two weeks ago after an estimated quarter mile of the Fenton River, one of the University’s sources for water, was dry.
		Although the river is flowing again, due to rain two weekends ago, the University continues to conserve water and to ask other users of the system to do so, too.
		The University is storing less water on campus to minimize the need for pumping and has begun mandatory conservation measures to save water, including banning the use of water to flush pipes, hydrants, and sewers, or for dust control; minimizing the watering of athletic fields and gardens; and not washing vehicles.
	www.advance.uconn.edu /2005/050926/05092603.htm (569 words)

	Connecticut's Trout Management Areas
		Fish are heavily stocked in various sections along the Willimantic from the town of Stafford Springs to where it joins the Natchaug River.
		The Salmon River Trout Park is at the junctions of the Blackledge and Jeremy rivers downstream to the Route 16 bridge.
		Expect larger trout from the confluences of the Naugatuck River's east and west branches to the Kinneytown Dam in Seymour.
	www.newenglandgameandfish.com /fishing/trout-fishing/ng_aa043403a (2602 words)

	Windham Mills Development Corporation
		Built from granite quarried from the Willimantic River behind the buildings, the first mills were built in 1854 by three men: Dunham, Ives and Capen.
		These men founded the Willimantic Linen Company, which was originally opened as a linen factory, but quickly converted to cotton spinning.
		The river today continues to be one of the greatest assets for Windham Mills and provides outstanding views.
	www.windhammills.com /history.asp (445 words)

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		Two area TMA favorites that will be stocked are the Mill River TMA in Fairfield between the Merritt Parkway Bridge and Lake Mohegan, and the Saugatuck River Fly Fishing Only TMA between the Merritt Parkway Bridge and the Dorr Mill Dam in Westport.
		Other stocked TMAs can be found on the Farmington River in Burlington, Hammonasset River in Madison, Mianus River in Greenwich, Moosup River in Plainfield, Naugatuck River in Litchfield, Yantic River in Lebanon, and Willimantic River in Tolland.
		Other rivers being stocked in Fairfield and New Haven counties are the Hammonasset River in Clinton and Madison, Norwalk River in Norwalk and Ridgefield, Pequonnock River in Trumbull, Pomperaug River in Southbury, and Saugatuck River in Westport and Redding.
	www.connpost.com /portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=3080758 (666 words)

	The Fairfield Mirror - U. Connecticut PIRG looks ahead to river cleanup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The source-to-sea cleanup is a daylong event in which volunteers in four states on 50 different sites clean the river and its tributaries from the Canadian border down to the Long Island Sound.
		"The river cleanup has grown more popular each year and is going to break a record with the number of people volunteering to haul trash from our streams and riverbanks," McDonough said in a press release.
		Fifteen UConn students devoted their time to a Willimantic River cleanup in Stafford Springs, Conn., that PIRG held Sept. 13 as a kickoff for the Connecticut River cleanup.
	www.fairfieldmirror.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=ab5ed8af-96b2-47aa-989a-695bf71c9772 (325 words)

	CEQ: October 26, 2005
		She also mentioned that the Fenton River was classified as flow-impaired because of the University’s pumping, and it was her understanding that the Mt. Hope River did not dry up.
		Margaret Miner, Executive Director of the Rivers Alliance of Connecticut, said she hoped the Council could support the request she made to the governor to appoint a multi-agency panel to oversee UConn’s environmental practices.
		Miller also responded to other points by saying that the effluent might be even higher quality than the river itself in the Willimantic, but he would check; he would review the flow-impaired questions; and any project involving 25,000 square feet of floor space (not footprint) would require an EIE in watershed areas.
	www.ct.gov /ceq/cwp/view.asp?a=984&Q=307212&PM=1 (1671 words)

	History of Tolland
		The southwest part along Hop river and that part called Flanders, were more generally settled than the north or east sections.
		From the Hale monument east to Willimantic river there were a number of settlers where now but few houses occupy the same ground.
		town as followeth, viz.: "To butt or be bounded by Willimantic river on the E. partly on the bounds of Hebron, and partly on lands given by Joshua, Sachem in his last will to his children on the south etc. is bounded N. by lands given to Hartford gentlemen by sd.
	home.att.net /~CoventryCT/TollandHist.html (975 words)

	New England’s 2005 Trout Forecast
		Some of the state’s premier trout waters under this category include the Farmington River, the Hammonasset River, the Mianus River, the Willimantic River, the Moosup River, a section on the Housatonic River near Bull’s Bridge and Saugatuck River.
		For sea-run trout, Eightmile River in East Haddam and Lyme, the Farm River in Branford, the Hammonasset River in Killingworth, Clinton and Madison, the Mianus River in Greenwich and Stamford and the Saugatuck River in Danbury, Redding, Weston and Westport are all stocked annually and support good runs of fish.
		Sections of some of these rivers are restricted to catch-and-release and the upper reaches of the Wood River system harbors the state’s best native brook trout fishery.
	www.newenglandgameandfish.com /fishing/NG_030501/index3.html (559 words)

	Water Works News Page
		Shetucket River- formed by the Natchaug and Willimantic Rivers, starts on Natchaug in Willimantic, CT, travels to Baltic, where take out is at Babe Blanchette field, one carry over at Scotland Dam.
		River is susceptible to dam holdback at Scotland.
		The 181-acre organic cattle farm straddles the town line and is in the immediate watershed of Stoughton Brook, a tributary of the river.
	www.waterworkscanoe.com /news.html (1930 words)

	Find New England Sites - AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY
		The ATC property is bordered by Main Street to the north, South Main Street to the west, the Shetucket River to the east, and the Providence and Worcester Railroad to the south.
		During this period, ATC generated wastewaters (which were disposed of directly to the Willimantic River) and ink and dye waste (which were subsequently discovered buried in drums on portions of the property).
		The ATC property is located within the 100-year floodplain of the Willimantic River.
	yosemite.epa.gov /R1/npl_pad.nsf/c2d087d5dc6b3c6f85256aef00617868/2194da81ee5b7bb085256b420060653d!OpenDocument (1303 words)

	Find New England Sites - JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL
		The property is bordered to the north by Brand Rex Cable Company and a residence; to the south by a wooded area and a lumber company; to the east by West Main Street; and to the west by wooded and wetland areas, Willimantic River, and the Windham Recycling Center.
		Groundwater occurs in overburden at a depth between 0 to 15 feet below ground surface (bgs) and groundwater flow is estimated to be west towards Willimantic River.
		The 15-mile downstream surface water pathway includes Willimantic River east to its confluence with the Shetucket River, and continues in Shetucket River to the 15-mile terminus.
	yosemite.epa.gov /r1/npl_pad.nsf/0/a559f7606b6592f585256b420060655a?OpenDocument (817 words)

	historic.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The house was built from stones quarried out of the Willimantic River in 1825.
		The idea was to give the mill worker who lived on the other side of the river easy access to Main Street.
		The Willimantic Footbridge is the only structure east of the Mississippi River to span a highway, railroad tracks, and a river (the Willimantic River).
	www.millmuseum.org /historic.htm (1112 words)

	Windham Historical Society - Willimantic's Jillson Family
		The Jillson family played an important role in the industrial development that led to the formation of the borough of Willimantic (1833) in the ancient colonial Connecticut town of Windham.
		He was president and vice president of two Willimantic's banks, and a vice president of the Hartford Life and Annuity Company.
		The name lives on in Willimantic, however, in the form of the Jillson House, the headquarters of the Windham Historical Society, and Jillson Square, or the major parcel.
	www.windhamhistory.org /jillson.shtml (872 words)

	The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut - Quinebaug Highlands Landscape
		The region's healthy oak, hickory, and Eastern hemlock forest, sprinkled with northern hardwood species such as white birch, encompasses the watershed of the Natchaug River and portions of the Quinebaug, Shetucket and Willimantic river watersheds.
		Traversed by the Nipmuck Trail and the Natchaug River, the region is a favorite for hiking, fishing, and canoeing.
		Most of the project area is contained within the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor.
	www.nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/connecticut/preserves/art6036.html (456 words)

	Governor Rowland: Governor Rowland Honors Greenways Award Recipients
		The newly designated Greenways are located in Newtown, Milford, New London, Farmington, Newington, Norwalk, in the Quinnipiac River watershed and in towns along the Willimantic River which include Columbia, Coventry, Ellington, Lebanon, Mansfield, Stafford, Tolland, Willington and Windham.
		In particular, the work on the Air Line State Park Trail and the Willimantic River Greenway are projects that put Windham on the map as a major greenway hub in the state.
		Beginning over a year ago, the Willimantic River Alliance began work on a greenway vision for the watershed.
	www.ct.gov /governorrowland/cwp/view.asp?A=1336&Q=256808 (1233 words)

	Press Release from State Senator Bill Finch
		Finch Applauds UConn for New Pipeline to Willimantic River
		State Senator Bill Finch (D-Bridgeport), co-chair of the legislature's Environment Committee, today praised UConn for their plans to replace a 2,000-foot section of pipe that supplies water from the Willimantic River to the campus community.
		The $657,000 project was approved by UConn's board of trustees yesterday, and will help to alleviate the university's reliance on other water sources in the area, particularly the Fenton River, which dried up in September, leaving an empty river bed and many dead fish.
	www.senatedems.state.ct.us /pr/finch-051117.html (270 words)

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