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TORRINGTON , a See also: - BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:Litchfield See also:county, See also:Connecticut, U.S.A., in the township of Torrington, on the See also:Naugatuck See also:river, about 25 M. W. of See also:Hartford. Pop. (190o), 836o, of whom 2565 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (igro) 15,483; of the township, including the borough (1900) 12,453; (1910) 16,84o. It is served by the New See also:York, New Haven & Hartford railway and by an electric See also:line connecting with See also:Winsted. It has a public library (1865) with 15,000 volumes in 1909. There is a See also:state armoury in the borough. Torrington is a prosperous manufacturing centre. In 1905 the value of the factory product was $9,674,124. The township of Torrington, originally a See also:part of the township of See also:Windsor, was first settled in 1734, and was separately incorporated in 1740. The site was covered by See also:pine trees, which were much used for See also:ship-See also:building, and for this See also:reason it was known as See also:Mast Swamp. In 1751 a See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill was erected, but there were few, if any, residences until 1800. In 18o6 the See also: settlement was known as New See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans See also:village. In 1813 members of the See also:Wolcott See also:family of Litchfield, impressed with the See also:water-See also:power, bought See also:land and built a woollen mill, and the village that soon See also:developed was called Wolcottville. Its growth was slow until 1864. In 1881 its name was changed to Torrington, and in 1887 the borough was incorporated.
See S. Orcutt's See also:History of Torrington (See also:Albany, 1878), and an See also:article, " The Growth of Torrington," in the Connecticut See also:Magazine, vol. ix., No. 1.
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