Naugatuck

Naugatuck

Naugatuck, Connecticut/USA Judd's Meadows, South Farms, Salem Parish/Salem Bridge Settled in about 1704, it took the name Salem Parish or Salem Bridge when it became a town. The present name is of Algonquian origin and is thought to mean ‘One Tree’, presumably because of a prominent tree. The river on which it lies also has this name and it has been suggested that the name might mean ‘Fork of the River’.

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Naugatuck

Naugatuck , industrial borough (1990 pop. 30,625), New Haven co., SW Conn., on both sides of the Naugatuck River; settled 1704, inc. 1844. In 1843, Charles Goodyear established the Naugatuck India-Rubber Company there. Rubber is still an important industry in Naugatuck. Other manufactures include candy, chemicals, brass and copper products, and plastics.

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Naugatuck

Naugatuck river, 65 mi (105 km) long, rising in NW Conn. and flowing S, past Waterbury, to the Housatonic River at Derby. It furnishes water power for the remaining industrial plants along its shores. Thomaston Dam (completed 1960), built for flood control, forms a reservoir on the river.

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