This is my second video about the 1877 Bird’s Eye View of Hartford. I talk about 5 interesting things: 1) the State Arsenal that was located at Main & Pavilion Streets from 1818 to 1909; 2) the original Union Station that stood from 1843 to 1886; 3) the lost Lord’s Hill, or Garden Street, Reservoir; 4) the stalled development of Hartford’s West End in the 1870s; and 5) the Charter Oak Park harness racing track.
The 1877 Bird’s-Eye View of Hartford at the Library of Congress:
Page about the Clay/Arsenal neighborhood:
Link to a painting the original Hartford train station at the Connecticut Historical Society:
Hartford page at the “Documentary History of American Waterworks” site:
http://www.waterworkshistory.us/CT/Hartford/
Photo of Lord’s Hill Reservoir from: Yesterday & Today: 100 Years of Water Supply
http://www.hartfordpreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/Gospels-in-Stone-illustrations.pdf
Another photo of the Reservoir from the Connecticut Historical Society:
NRHP nomination for West End North Historic District:
NRHP nomination for West End South Historic District:
Article from Connecticut Explored about racing at Charter Oak Park:
2014 article from the Hartford Courant about Charter Oak Park:
ConnecticutHistory.org post about Charter Oak Park:
Edison film of racing at Charter Oak Park (from the Library of Congress):