History of Waterbury, Connecticut / History of towns in United States
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- Country: United States
State: Connecticut
County: New Haven
City: Waterbury
Population (2010):
• Total 110,366
• Total 109,307 (US: 240th) (2014)
• Density 3,872.5/sq mi (1,495.2/km2)
Waterbury, the seat of New Haven County, is situated on the Naugatuck River, 21 miles from New Haven. It has been called the "Brass Center of the World."
Waterbury was purchased from the Indians by residents of Farmington in 1674. They started a new community in 1677 which they named Mattatuck, changed to Waterbury when the town was incorporated in 1686. It was chartered as a city in 1853; in 1901, city and town were consolidated.
Waterbury became famous in the 19th century for the manufacture of brass items. Its brass industry can be traced to 1802. The Waterbury Mint, owned by the Scovill Manufacturing Company, produced planchets (blanks for coins), which the U.S. Mint used to produce coins for an assortment of foreign countries.
In 1878, the Waterbury Watch Company was organized for the explicit purpose of producing cheap watches. These watches gained a reputation for shoddy workmanship, so the company abandoned the brand and renamed itself the New England Watch Company. It was later incorporated into the company that became Timex. A visit to Timexpo provides a look into a century and a half of watch making in Waterbury.
Waterbury's two hospitals are Waterbury Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital. Waterbury hospital opened in 1890 in a Victorian mansion overlooking the city. The cornerstone of St. Mary's was laid in 1907 and the hospital was dedicated two years later. It was founded by the Sisters of St. Mary's of Chambery.
Post College, a regional business college, was founded in 1890. In 1990, it affiliated itself with the worldwide Teikyo Group and is now known as Teikyo Post University. The University of Connecticut has operated a campus in Waterbury for about half a century.
The Railroad Museum of New England operates the Naugatuck Railroad between Thomaston and Waterbury. The Golden Age of Trucking Museum displays exhibits from the history of trucking, with an emphasis on the 1950's. The Mattatuck Museum, located on the Green in central Waterbury, provides highlights from Waterbury's three centuries of history.
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For all those who r complaining about this town, try living in Bridgeport for 30 years. I have bullet holes in my condo complex exterior walls. After having my daughter I decided I will never raise her in bpt. I moved to the bunker hill section and I love it. It’s a different world from where I was raised. There is poverty in every town, some more then others. Raise children right and every city has a chance to come back!
Not when the local politicians are pushing drugs in their own town
Bridgeport #1 Waterbury #2
lol any one that actually is from Waterbury read what you wrote and thought its 2 different parts of bunker hill ,we know were you dont live if you think its safe lol.
My glock tells me I’m safe regardless lol
I haven't lived in Connecticut, much less waterbury for years now. Once i joined the army I stayed out west. I remember stories my grandfather would tell me from his youth in waterbury, and how different it was back in the 1940's-1980's. I visited a few months back and drove around town just for old times sake... as much as I hated living in waterbury, and Connecticut; it still felt like home. Very strange feeling.
I remember going to the Naugatuck Valley Mall with my parents when I was little. Also the Lido Theatre downtown. Like Bristol, CT, Waterbury was once a thriving city.
We used to go to a drive in theater that was at the site before the mall was there.
I'm 36 and lived in waterbury my whole life, all I have to say is I love it even more after this video, to whom ever made this video thank you so much......
you need to get out more.
on second thought, stay there in ignorance.
Raised on the Northside of Waterbury CT. Been gone for over 10years...it’s definitely not what it used to be!
I’m 29 now, grew up in Waterbury and it’s TOTALLY different now. No place to raise a family. So sad how destroyed it got so quickly during the 2000s
29 YO ? I remember Waterbury going downhill in the 1980s
I used to live in Cheshire, one town over. Never will forget marching in Waterbury's Tercentennial Parade on June 9, 1974. It was 95 degrees and our band uniforms were black with vinyl overlays. It was a miracle no one fainted.
I was born in WTBY in 1974!👍
I was born in 1974 in WTBY!👍
At 9:43 you have that corner listed as the south end. That is not the south end. That is the corner of Willow and Ridgewood Streets. Further up Willow as it is a long street is the overlook section. Willow begins in the downtown area.
My dad lived on Willow when St. Margaret School was still open. Not for the burbs
Thank you for all the pictures. God bless
I grew up in Waterbury.I was always on South Main Street
Born n raised the Berry.Lived in BUCK S HILL area. Crosby H S class of 1966. Live in San Antonio ,Tx now. Waterbury has always a BAD rep. even when I was child.
That’s very cool. I’m a current history student at Crosby high school. Class of 2023
Whose brilliant idea was it to pave East Main Street with bricks? Did they not understand sometimes a street needs to be dug up for sewer and utilities? It now looks unsightly and embarrassing as of course they weren't going to spend the money to put down new bricks where they dug. A serious eyesore.
Many years ago they dug up a part of Main St in Bristol , I saw they paved over bricks there. Now I am in Florida.... Palatka Florida still has brick roads. Keep in mind they did not have asfault machines and cement mixers
Thank you for making this video.
10:20 says it all - Waterbury is a ghost town. And yeah, that breaks my heart.
Left Conn 20 years ago as an industrial refugee. At that time the north end was not much different looking than Detroit videos
Used to hike the Mattatuck Trail off Rt 6 a lot. Beautiful views. The hiking is the only thing I miss about CT
Rte 6 is north of Waterbury ? Farmington Ave in Bristol
thank you for the video
My family had an old ships clock that was made out of brass that was made by the Waterbury Clock Company. It was very heavy.
You should show the Town for what it really has become (LITTLE DETROIT)
Waterbury isn't the county seat of New Haven County, New haven is. Also the photo of the Waterbury Main Street fire station is Waterbury VT, not Waterbury CT.
Yes it is. WTF?!?!?
Good catch.
If it was would it be the Waterbury county ?
Sharp eyes-from Torrington.
The New Haven County seat reference put me off from the beginning, but then I only lived in Waterbury for 9 years and was never big on the history of Connecticut's defunct counties, which were just lines on the map with no political existence when I got there in the 1960s.. and doing it in that superimposed type makes it very difficult for the unnamed producers to correct the error. The Waterbury Vermont photo is a bonus! I live in Southwestern Virginia now and there is a photogenic old country Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway that celebrates its celebrity by displaying a postcard photograph of that same Virginia Mill labeled "greetings from Connecticut" -- similar failure in the stock photo department.
I can't lie. I feel a little nostalgia. Bishop st., Wood st., the old mall., Crosby High, Wilby High. I had some good times growing up in Waterbury CT.
Ok, I'm done. So!, fuc`ing happy I left that total sh't whole of a city. I my never see that place again. And that's ok.
i spit a lot of time in waterbury growing up in fact the best days of my life but ended up moving out at times i miss it but i think about it best thing i ever did
St. Mary's Hospital was founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry, not the Sisters of St. Mary. It's a shame what has happened to Waterbury over the years. I was born there and used to take the bus "downtown" with my grandmother. Loved shopping in Howland-Hughes. St. Anne's Church stood out and could be seen when driving on 84 and Route 8. I was SHOCKED to see that the spires have been torn down. St. Anne's was modeled after Ste. Anne de Beaupré in Québec and was the French-Canadian parish. I've driven through various parts of Waterbury recently, and some neighborhoods look like something you would see in a third-world country.
I was born here!
It’s so sad what these mega industries can do to towns when they leave
A lot more will be leaving, it will look more like a ghost town.
mega industries are what created most cities.
That was once a flourishing town..... I left there in 2010/11 it was a beautiful place at one time
@@evox187 have the view of the big lit up cross outside my window
@@evox187 here and there but my spot is Caruso's on Oak St for the grinders and Dominic's on Wolcott Rd for the 🍕
@@evox187 good good!
Coming back at the perfect time when that fresh air is nice and crisp
Signed up in the Navy in that flat iron building January 1958!
I like the video, mixed thoughts on the music though....
Kinda resembled the flat iron building in NYC A bit at 10:24
That's the Apothecary Building. One of the oldest in Waterbury
Ah my New Beige! It was critical my children be educated in our hometown. I wish more was said about The Cape Verdean Community and O.L.O.A. ...Morgan terrace is Soutoland
Grew up right behind Chase Elementary
Hop the fence in the backyard and I'm at school lol
Town Plot was nice when it was mostly Italian
The only thing good about the Italians in waterbury were the big bottom girls and the pizza joints.
@@cantthinkofagood1 you know what's good about everyone else that's not Italian or Irish in Waterbury? NOTHING!!!
Jnero79 I have roots in Waterbury. I am of mixed heritage. My father half Irish half Lithuania. In the Brooklyn section of Waterbury my grandmother and other family were amongst the many Lithuania’s that lived in that area. My uncle moved from Waterbury and lived in Florida than California. Yes he told me to leave here as it did go down hill. But for you to make it sound like only the Irish and Italians made Waterbury great is offensive. Waterbury has many different ethnicities and cultures. Not just Irish and Italians.
@@jacquelinemcgrathcurtis2787 Waterbury Italian. , New Britski ( New Britain) Polish
Due the politicians of Waterbury know what asphalt is?
Do you know the difference between "Do" & "Due" 🤔
Well, I truly appreciate the history lesson, you are truly not showing the devastation and the horrible neighborhoods that are in Waterbury now.
It is an utter shame that the city has turned into a slum for the most part. You are only showing the areas in the city that are nice. Areas that are not so nice you have vague pictures.
I was born in Waterbury and still have family that live there
I like the building at 9:43. Lots of character. Too bad it appears abandoned in the pic. I wonder what it's condition is today.
crackhouse most likely
Do history of Worcester MA
Interesting as a Colony it was originally called Mattatock with a few different spellings...and around 1695 or so I think it was, historians found through records of basically town/city meetings that the name was changed, by a sort of vote (funnily as a minor side-note when you read the document) to "Watterbury" , with two t's as I just spelled it. Not sure when the second 'T' was dropped from the spelling, but that's almost definitely the original spelling. If you're interested in the History of Waterbury I suggest the books by a man named Bronson (surname). Can't think of his first name off the top of my head atm though. But they're very good books. In fact our library is called Silas Bronson Library (a relative of his). The Bronsons and the Judd family were two of only about 5 or 6 families who bought the land from the Natives originally.
The Good ol dirty water good on Waterbury God the mother good old days
Waterbury is the place to be number one good on Waterbury
@@Billbillybill yeah, in 1965
Love my hometown but definitely not what it used to be growing up in the 70s and 80s. And that's not a Waterbury fire station.
The seat of New Haven County is New Haven.
Which firehouse is that @ 4:14 to 4:26?
Actually....I did some research. This is NOT a Waterbury CT. firehouse. It is the South Main St Firehouse in Waterbury, Vermont.
Oops.
That fire dept looks like the one on East Main Street almost in the downtown area across from part of the Brass Mill Mall.
@@jacquelinemcgrathcurtis2787 It's DEFINITELY the fire house in Vermont. Google Earth it.
@@jacquelinemcgrathcurtis2787 Look more closely. The East Main Street station near the mall has two bays. The one in the slide show as four and is labeled "Main Street Station."
I live in Waterbury
I hate reading on videos, if you narrated this it would have been much more interesting, and I could have enjoyed the pictures more.
I couldn't agree with you more. A narrated video would have been so much more enjoyable.
amazing how photography can make such a shithole look beautiful.
Well, I have to agree with Tracy. Grew up there, left in ‘60’s, when back for a funeral...sad...not unlike what happens to a lot of cities with no potential...
Tracy Rowe lol no shit
Waterbury was nice in the 60s and 70s. My father born in NJ but live most of his life in Waterbury. I was born at St Mary’s Hospital. These pics are old. Back then less populated and cleaner. I used to live on wood and cook streets. Now on wood if some effort and work was put into that area plus other areas like they are doing with Fulton park cleaning it all up.
Lots of history, yet it’s changed so much so. No industry/manufacturing as there once was. Unfortunate.
How is the East End in 2020?
a shithole
@@tracyroweauthor I haven't there in 30 years. I hate to hear that.
Today..... It's a dump. More people on welfare than not. You need to speak Spanish or Albanian. English not necessarily needed.
I moved out and never regretted it. What a dump.
The Bowzer I want to move out too. My 2nd time living here for almost 32 years. The city is dying. No jobs or opportunities. Hopefully, in another three years when my son is done with school.
'cause you're not a racist.
Yep puerto ricans destroyed it
I am glad there’s Albanian ancestry I love the Balkans
@@jacquelinemcgrathcurtis2787 what do u mean their are no opportunities, there are plenty of opportunities, if u want to be a drug dealer. LOL😂
This sounds weird but my family owns Vazzy’s I have pic proof
Where is vazzys? Is it a Clothing store or restaurant. I Haven't heard of it.
Rich in History
Like our current mayor O’Leary?! Just about every mayor in Waterbury were checked out for fraud one way or another. That is nothing new. O’Leary is no exception. A drunk and has not done anything good for the city other than fixing up the downtown green and bringing Post University online to the old Howland Hughes/CT store.
Impressive slideshow... trying to imagine a better historical soundtrack instead of the synthesized sounding harpish guitar and electronic almost whale sound echoes... Too many kinds of ethnic and pop-periods music to be fairly representational, so maybe clocks ticking.. metal-machinery noises, splashing river water.. clanking trolleys, traffic sounds, the squeak of the Elton Hotel revolving door, multidenominational church echoes in English, Latin and more; bells and chimes, many footsteps and multi-accented voices in crowds, laughter, applause, higher speed sounds of traffic leaving town.
we are becoming a retail economy and thats never good
40 years ago a president said they wanted to get manufacturing out of the USA and to create a service economy
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Looks so much better without the people of Wtby.
Was a great town before the natives came in.
Why no North End?
Giovanni Mancini north end north Main is a dump too. In the Bucks Hill area ok area. It’s clean. Clubs on N Main east farm areas. People would leave those clubs and be loud on a Friday night in the summertime.
I love Waterbury CT. I was born and raised here. I won't want to live anywhere else.
Daniel Perez with a name like Perez -- you're the problem
Jeff Anderli he’s the problem. You sound racist. Don’t lump everyone together now. Each person is an individual. Remember that. Do not make assumptions either.
@@jeffanderli1718 Your town is garbage. I prefer to live in Mexico bitch.
@@jeffanderli1718 Actually it appears you have problems yourself.
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I live in Plainville Ct
I lived most of my life in the East End. Where is that white house? It looks like it's out towards Prospect
When you have truly circled the toilet bowl, and go down the tubes, you wind up in Waterbury. it's about the most depressing city I've ever been to. Hundred years ago, it was something, now it's just a dump for physical and human garbage.
Done pal
Only cool thing was when Jane Fonda & Robert Deniro made a movie 🎥 here !!! Stanley & Iris was pretty good movie 🎥
Jose Ocasio and even then the city was just starting to go down hill. Not as bad as it is now. I saw the movie too.
I remember the Viet Nammers protesting having Fonda in town
@@harrybriscoe7948 yeah, that was moronic
Still a sh*hole, worse than I remember, haven't been back in years, thankfully. Happy to escape.
Even New Britain was better.
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