The Grandstand LbNA #1862
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Mar 17, 2002 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Willimantic |
| County: | Windham |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | DevilinDog |
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| Last found: | May 25, 2019 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFaFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Oct 4, 2015 |
The Industrial Revolution was a time when the business of making things boomed. Along with it the towns that were home to mills grew and grew as workers poured in from the country and distant countries to work in the mills. Willimantic is one of those towns and now just a ghost of its former life remains. The huge stone mills remain now being made home to several small companies instead of the American Thread. At the peak of its power , the mill ran seven buildings , owned a store for workers to shop in , owned a small shuttle railroad to move product about and even the houses the mill workers lived in. The mill even provided an annual fair for the entertainment of the families of its town. The Mill owned fairgrounds were just down river from the great mill. There was a very large grandstand to seat the crowds that poured into town for the fair and all the families of the mill workers came out to see great horse racing. Below the grandstand a dusty oval track lay and harness racing horses careened
around it in moments of glory barely remembered. Those fairgrounds are now known as Willimantic's Rec park! Home to many an evening baseball game, the river still flows and the great stone pillars stand gaurd at the entrance. Unfortunatley there is no place in the park to hide a letterbox to commemorate its heyday. So to find the box you should visit the Windham Textile and History
Muesam at 157 Union and Main St. Right across from the Stone Mills below the frog bridge. The muesam is open FRI - SAT - SUN 1-4 and other times by chance. You enter the small gift shop from Main St. there is parking right there next to the building. When you walk in you will see that frogs are the theme and the friendly hosts will let you seek your box. The Grandstand Letterbox lies far below SINGER in a small space of wood that could be moved and carried.
This box is part of the 2002 Sweeney School Series and planted by
Leader of the Pack for all to enjoy 3/17/02 Rated :easy -drive
up. It's the history lesson that counts!
around it in moments of glory barely remembered. Those fairgrounds are now known as Willimantic's Rec park! Home to many an evening baseball game, the river still flows and the great stone pillars stand gaurd at the entrance. Unfortunatley there is no place in the park to hide a letterbox to commemorate its heyday. So to find the box you should visit the Windham Textile and History
Muesam at 157 Union and Main St. Right across from the Stone Mills below the frog bridge. The muesam is open FRI - SAT - SUN 1-4 and other times by chance. You enter the small gift shop from Main St. there is parking right there next to the building. When you walk in you will see that frogs are the theme and the friendly hosts will let you seek your box. The Grandstand Letterbox lies far below SINGER in a small space of wood that could be moved and carried.
This box is part of the 2002 Sweeney School Series and planted by
Leader of the Pack for all to enjoy 3/17/02 Rated :easy -drive
up. It's the history lesson that counts!