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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29M2_meekers-hardware_Danbury-CT.html
Business Established 1883
Building Completed 1889
Originally four Stories
Fire 1896 — Stone Excavated 1976
Meeker
1889
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OJT_old-danbury-station_Danbury-CT.html
Old Danbury Station
Has Been Placed On The
National Register Of
Historic Places
By The United States
Department Of The Interior
1903
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OJS_cv-flatcar_Danbury-CT.html
CV Flatcar
Built in 1923 this flatcar ran on the Central Vermont Railway. It was used at the Bullard Steel Mill in Bridgeport, CT. during the end of its active railroad life. The museum restored this car after purchasing it in 1997. Please note t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OJR_nyc-crane-gct-1_Danbury-CT.html
NYC Crane, "GCT-1"
Built in 1914 by Industrial Crane Works of Michigan, it is 90 feet long and is capable of moving 100 tons. It moved using third-rail power, but crane operation was powered by several large batteries on the roof. The s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OJQ_boston-maine-alco-2-6-0-mogul-1455_Danbury-CT.html
Boston & Maine ALCO 2-6-0 Mogul 1455
This steam locomotive was built by the American Locomotive Company in 1907 for the Boston and Maine Railroad, eventually ending up on the Cape Cod Railroad. It was still pulling commuter trains from Boston's S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OJP_wilton-semaphore_Danbury-CT.html
Wilton Semaphore
This semaphore, once located at the Wilton, CT. railroad station on the Danbury branch, played a vital role in keeping trains moving safely. Similar to a traffic light, the semaphore made sure one train wouldn't run into another …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OJO_danbury-yard-turntable_Danbury-CT.html
Located opposite from where you're standing stood the roundhouse and adjoining machine shop facility for the Danbury Yard. Built in circa 1914 the structure had 9 stalls for storage, servicing and performing light repairs to the many locomotives t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DSU_john-w-leahy_Danbury-CT.html
John W. Leahy1895 - 1975A showman whose genuine love and understandingof people endeared him to the hearts of young andold alike. By his personal warmth, imagination, anddrive, he built the Danbury State Fair into anationally known attraction.Plac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DST_248-main-street_Danbury-CT.html
About This Building248 Main Street This handsome Victorian Romanesque building was built as the new headquarters for the Danbury National Bank in 1887. The architect, Warren Biggs of Bridgeport, used stone from Massachusetts. The building is const…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DSR_danbury-disasters_Danbury-CT.html
When the Kohanza Reservoir Dam gave way on the night of February 20, 1869, sixty acres of water, ice, lumber and debris roared down north Main Street. It took shops, homes, bridges and factories with it and several lives were lost. A combination …