Long Lost Traces of Hartford's Old Riverfront

Hartford, Connecticut's riverfront has gone through many changes over the years. Long before the highway came through, the Valley Railroad was built in 1871 through the warehouse district by the river. A number of old warehouses and fish markets, documented in photographs in the 1860s and 1870s, were demolished around this time. I talk about them in this video, as well as a sycamore tree that survived next to the river from Hartford's earliest colonial days, through its great era commercial activity along the river, and into the 1890s.
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Some of the images used in this video are from the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History:
Former West India Storehouse of Eliphalet & Roderic[k] Terry, corner of State Street and Commerce Street, Hartford (Accession number 1956.84.144)
emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
Old fish market, corner of Commerce Street and Ferry Street, Hartford (Accession number 1956.84.41)
hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:19946
A Button Ball Tree Located on the Bank of the Connecticut River Between State and Ferry Streets, Hartford (Accession number 1939.16.11)
emuseum.chs.org/emuseum/object...
Bulkeley Bridge construction: looking south across Ferry Street, Hartford, November 12, 1906 (Accession number 1967.96.35)
hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:10035

[@Hadd13]

great topic Dan

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[@billhosley]

Spectacular

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[@junkandthangs]

I’m not sure if I missed this video but I’d like and comment again

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