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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWM7_merchant-marine_New-London-CT.html
The U.S. Merchant Marine played a crucial role in World War II, transporting supplies, ammunition, and troops across the ocean to the battle front. Even before the United States entered the war, the merchant fleet provided much-needed goods to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWM5_scientific-research_New-London-CT.html
World War I broke out in Europe in 1914, and President Woodrow Wilson firmly resolved that the United States would stay neutral. However, public opinion turned to outrage in 1915, when a U-boat (a German submarine) fired two torpedoes at the Lusit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWM0_coast-guard_New-London-CT.html
The Revenue Cutter Service, the federal bureau that enforced treaties and tariffs on the seas and inland waterways, established its officer training school at Fort Trumbull in 1910. Fort Trumbull offered easy access to Long Island Sound, which was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWLX_periscope-test-facility_New-London-CT.html
An industrial-looking building with few windows stood on this site directly in front of the fort from the 1770s until 1999. It was designed specifically for top-secret work in periscope technology. Originally, periscopes were simple tube-shaped…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWLW_magnetic-silencing_New-London-CT.html
The navy uses the magnetic silencing range to determine if a ship may be vulnerable to detection by magnetic mines, which can blow a hole in a vessel and cause it to sink. The range consists of a series of devices installed underwater that measure…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWLV_the-arches_New-London-CT.html
This unusual structure was specifically designed to test submarine antennas in an environment that replicated conditions at sea. The roof contained a 93-by-66 foot concrete pool filled with seawater. The pool was six inches deep except for a well …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWLF_hempstead-historic-district_New-London-CT.html
Free African Americans have lived and worked in this neighborhood since colonial times. In the 1840s both blacks and whites bought home (some still standing) through the efforts of abolitionist and developer, Savillion Haley. Travelers on the Unde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWLE_williams-memorial-park_New-London-CT.html
New London was a wealthy city in the mid-1800s, largely due to its success in whaling and other maritime ventures. Leading families displayed their wealth in opulent houses and furnishings, but many sought to bestow a more public legacy. They impr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWLA_fort-interiors_New-London-CT.html
The fort you are now in has had continuous military occupation since its erection in 1852. the latest occupant, the United States Navy, used the facilities from 1941 and 1997. When the fort was turned over to the Connecticut Department of Envir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWL8_post-civil-war-to-1910_New-London-CT.html
After the Civil War fewer troops were stationed at Fort Trumbull, but at least one artillery company continued to serve here each year into the early twentieth century. It became evident during the Civil War that advances in weapons had caused the…
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