Tropical Rainforest In New England, Greystone Waterfall Plymouth, Connecticut Usa

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Tropical Rainforest In New England, Greystone Waterfall Plymouth, Connecticut Usa

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Skyelyte Photography by Linda Rasch

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Tropical Rainforest in New England, Greystone Waterfall Plymouth, Connecticut

This waterfall used to provide power for manufacturing that in the past was in this area via a waterwheel that had sat at the top of this waterfall that, unfortunately, is long gone now. Eli Terry a clock manufacturer had a factory in this location to also take advantage of this water source for power and the town of Terryville Connecticut (Plymouth CT is part of Terryville) where this waterfall is located is named after him.

History source from the sign on the road next to the property-

"Greystone, also called Ireland and Hoadelyville was a busy community in its early history. Trains regularly stopped on Greystone Station" (which was located just to the right above the stones on the right side of this photo).

"The Hancock Brook provided power for early industry. Waterwheels and later turbines were used to run the factory machinery"

2 photos are printed on this sign that displays what this property looked like in the late 1700s which includes the Old Clock Factory circa 1875 that unfortunately since Flickr made changes 'AGAIN' I can not figure out how to include. :(

"Eli Terry was born April 17, 1772. In 1793 Eli Terry moved to Plymouth where he was involved in the production of wooden movement clocks. [At the above location] Due to Terry's manufacturing techniques clocks became affordable to the American household. In 2007 Eli Terry was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame due to his technological advances in manufacturing. Terry is considered the Father of Manufacturing in the United States. He died in Terryville on February 24, 1852"

"Silas Hoadley was born on January 31, 1786. He manufactured clocks with Eli Terry and Seth Thomas. Hoadley continued making clocks in Greystone until 1849. He made mantel clocks and tall clocks. This section of Plymouth was known as Hoadleyville and later Greystone. Silas Hoadley was an active citizen in Plymouth and was elected three times to the State Assembly and once in 1844 to the State Senate. He died in Plymouth on December 28, 1870"

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