Groton

Groton

Groton , town (1990 pop. 45,144), New London co., SE Conn., including the borough of Groton and the village of West Mystic, on the Thames River opposite New London; settled c.1650, inc. 1705. Shipbuilding, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and commercial fishing are among the town's industries. The huge New London Naval Submarine Base is on the Thames; the Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, was launched there in 1954. Groton is the site of Fort Griswold (1775), unsuccessfully defended against the British in 1781. Of interest are tours of the submarine base and a number of well-maintained colonial homes. A branch of the Univ. of Connecticut is in Groton. Silas Deane was born there.

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Groton, USA There are six cities with this name, all of which are named after the village of Groton in England or after the Groton in Massachusetts which itself took its name from the English village. Its name may have meant ‘Gravelly Stream’ from a conjectural Old English word groten and ēa ‘stream’.

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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Groton." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Groton

Groton a Connecticut coastal city that is the home of a major U.S. Navy submarine base. It is also the headquarters of the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics and the home of the Nautilus museum.

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Groton

Groton Suffolk. Grotena 1086 (DB). Probably ‘sandy or gravelly stream’. OE *groten + ēa.

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