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Publication Date: 16th March 2004

Groton, a seatown, has historically been of great import in naval endeavors and sea voyages.

Boats and the sea have always been an important part of the history of Groton, known as the submarine capital of the world. It is home to a U.S. submarine base and to General Dynamics-Electric Boat. Electric Boat's prolific submarine construction in the 1940s helped America win World War II, and it was in Groton that the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was built and launched. The village of Mystic, now a popular tourist destination, was home to the ninetee... Read More

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Groton, a seatown, has historically been of great import in naval endeavors and sea voyages.

Boats and the sea have always been an important part of the history of Groton, known as the submarine capital of the world. It is home to a U.S. submarine base and to General Dynamics-Electric Boat. Electric Boat's prolific submarine construction in the 1940s helped America win World War II, and it was in Groton that the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was built and launched. The village of Mystic, now a popular tourist destination, was home to the ninetee... Read More

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Groton, a seatown, has historically been of great import in naval endeavors and sea voyages.

Boats and the sea have always been an important part of the history of Groton, known as the submarine capital of the world. It is home to a U.S. submarine base and to General Dynamics-Electric Boat. Electric Boat's prolific submarine construction in the 1940s helped America win World War II, and it was in Groton that the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was built and launched. The village of Mystic, now a popular tourist destination, was home to the nineteenth-century shipyards that built the Andrew Jackson, the clipper ship that made the record-setting voyage between New York and San Francisco, and the Galena, the first oceangoing ironclad used by the Union navy during the Civil War.

Details
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 16th March 2004
  • State: Connecticut
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738535043
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
Reviews

Title: Then And Now: Transformations Of Historic Groton

Author: Juli Mancini

Publisher: Groton Patch

Date: 7/31/2011



The book "Images of America, Groton" by Carol Kimball, Jim Streeter and Marilyn Comrie, is filled with historic images of Mystic and Groton, many of which are currently in the collection of Groton Mayor and Town Historian Jim Streeter.



Historic buildings, churches and homes are steeped in history, with many stories still to be to be told. But there is also information in the photographs themselves. Seeing the changes by comparing old photos to new serves as a reminder that progress continues, but history is always an integral part of our daily lives in Groton.




Groton, a seatown, has historically been of great import in naval endeavors and sea voyages.

Boats and the sea have always been an important part of the history of Groton, known as the submarine capital of the world. It is home to a U.S. submarine base and to General Dynamics-Electric Boat. Electric Boat's prolific submarine construction in the 1940s helped America win World War II, and it was in Groton that the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was built and launched. The village of Mystic, now a popular tourist destination, was home to the nineteenth-century shipyards that built the Andrew Jackson, the clipper ship that made the record-setting voyage between New York and San Francisco, and the Galena, the first oceangoing ironclad used by the Union navy during the Civil War.

  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Images of America
  • Publication Date: 16th March 2004
  • State: Connecticut
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738535043
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)

Title: Then And Now: Transformations Of Historic Groton

Author: Juli Mancini

Publisher: Groton Patch

Date: 7/31/2011



The book "Images of America, Groton" by Carol Kimball, Jim Streeter and Marilyn Comrie, is filled with historic images of Mystic and Groton, many of which are currently in the collection of Groton Mayor and Town Historian Jim Streeter.



Historic buildings, churches and homes are steeped in history, with many stories still to be to be told. But there is also information in the photographs themselves. Seeing the changes by comparing old photos to new serves as a reminder that progress continues, but history is always an integral part of our daily lives in Groton.