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Norwich ― The east bank of the Thames River just south of Norwich Harbor was a buzz of activity Thursday, after an effort to remove a disabled boat from the river ended with the boat breaking apart in...
photo submitted Ken Keeley, Special to The Times In 1850, before the present day railroad trestle bridge which spans the Shetucket River from the Norwich Railroad Station to a tunnel under the Laurel Hill Bridge was built, there was a covered railroad bridge for this use. In the photograph you see the covered bridge, which was west of the Laurel Hill Bridge, and the West Side hill in the distance. The covered bridge went from where the gazebo is located today to Laurel Hill where Shetucket Iron and Metal was located. When the trestle was constructed, a tunnel had to be excavated under the Lau...