Wethersfield Cove
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The Wethersfield Cove is a natural inlet in Wethersfield, Connecticut, and a former site of much local trade and travel.
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[edit] Geography
Wethersfield Cove is ten feet above sea level and forty miles from Long Island Sound. It was originally an oxbow in the Connecticut River. It is located right near Old Wethersfield, one of the oldest settlements in the United States.
[edit] History
Thomas Deming built his shipyard on the banks of this natural harbor. Deming launched the Tryall, the first ship built in Connecticut, from the cove in 1649.
[edit] Trade
From 1650 to 1830, trade with the West Indies thrived. Merchants exported lumber, grain, onions, salted beef, fish and pork, and in exchange received salt, sugar, molasses and rum from the Caribbean.
[edit] Pollution
Some citizens have protested the continued letting of raw sewage into the cove, especially after the accidental spilling of 20 million gallons of sewage in 1997, and are lobbying for it to stop, but such redesigns would run into the hundreds of millions.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Fighting the raw sewage pollution of Wethersfield Cove, Connecticut. Eyewitness News (April 14th, 2004). Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
