Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the largest city in the Capitol Planning Region,and core city of the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the 2010 United States census have indicated that Hartford is the fourth-largest city in Connecticut with a 2020 population of 121,054,behind the coastal cities of Bridgeport,New Haven,and Stamford.
Bristol is a suburban city located in Hartford County,Connecticut,United States,20 miles (32 km) southwest-west of Hartford. The city is also 120 miles southwest from Boston,and approximately 100 miles northeast of New York City. The city is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. As of the 2020 census,the population of the city was 60,833.
The Rockwell scale is a hardness scale based on indentation hardness of a material. The Rockwell test measures the depth of penetration of an indenter under a large load compared to the penetration made by a preload. There are different scales,denoted by a single letter,that use different loads or indenters. The result is a dimensionless number noted as HRA,HRB,HRC,etc.,where the last letter is the respective Rockwell scale. Higher numbers correspond to harder materials.
New Britain is a city in Hartford County,Connecticut,United States. It is located approximately 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Hartford. The city is part of the Capitol Planning Region. According to 2020 Census,the population of the city is 74,135.
Hiram Percy Maxim was an American radio pioneer and inventor,and co-founder of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). Hiram Percy Maxim is credited with inventing and selling the first commercially successful firearm silencer,and also with developing mufflers for internal combustion engines.
Marlin Firearms Co. is an American manufacturer of semi-automatic,lever-action,and bolt-action rifles. In the past,the company,now based in Madison,North Carolina,and formerly based in North Haven,Connecticut,made shotguns,derringers,and revolvers. Marlin owned the firearm manufacturer H&R Firearms. In 2007,Remington Arms,part of the Remington Outdoor Company,acquired Marlin Firearms. Remington produced Marlin-brand firearms at its Kentucky and New York manufacturing facilities. In 2020,Sturm,Ruger &Co. bought the Marlin business from bankrupt Remington Outdoor Company.
The neighborhoods of Hartford,Connecticut in the United States are varied and historic.
The Colt Armory is a historic factory complex for the manufacture of firearms,created by Samuel Colt. It is located in Hartford,Connecticut along the Connecticut River,and as of 2008 is part of the Coltsville Historic District,named a National Historic Landmark District. It is slated to become part of Coltsville National Historical Park,now undergoing planning by the National Park Service.
Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford,Connecticut is located at 453 Fairfield Avenue. It was designed by landscape architect Jacob Weidenmann (1829–1893) who also designed Hartford's Bushnell Park. Its first sections were completed in 1866 and the first burial took place on July 17,1866. Cedar Hill was designed as an American rural cemetery in the tradition of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge,Massachusetts.
O. F. Mossberg &Sons is an American firearms manufacturer,specializing in shotguns,rifles,scopes,and pistol accessories.
John Ebsworth Owsley was an American football player and coach and businessman. He played college football,principally as a left halfback,for Yale University from 1901 to 1904. He was the head coach of Yale's undefeated 1905 football team that outscored opponents 226 to 4. He also served as the head football coach at the United States Naval Academy in 1925. He gained a reputation as a wartime producer of armaments,working with Marlin-Rockwell Corporation during World War I and with the High Standard Manufacturing Company during World War II. He was one of the highest paid persons in the United States in 1941 and 1942.
John Mahlon Marlin was an American firearms manufacturer and inventor.
Hopkins &Allen Arms Company was an American firearms manufacturing company based in Norwich,Connecticut,that was founded in 1868 by Charles W. Allen,Charles A. Converse,Horace Briggs,Samuel S. Hopkins and Charles W. Hopkins. The Hopkins brothers ran the company's day-to-day operations until it went bankrupt in 1916 and was subsequently bought by Marlin-Rockwell.
Eugene Gustavus Reising was an American inventor who designed the M50 Reising submachine gun in 1938. Reising was a ranked competitive target shooter. An ordnance engineer,Reising was the recipient of more than 60 firearm patents. Following his work with Harrington &Richardson,he designed semi-automatic rifles for Mossberg &Sons,Marlin,Savage,and Stevens.
Coltsville Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District in Hartford,Connecticut. The district encompasses the factory,worker housing,and owner residences associated with Samuel Colt (1814-1862),one of the nation's early innovators in precision manufacturing and the production of firearms. It was the site of important contributions to manufacturing technology made by Colt and the industrial enterprise he created. Coltsville is a cohesive and readily identifiable 260-acre (110 ha) area,part of which was originally listed as the Colt Industrial District on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2008.
Elizabeth Jarvis Colt was the widow and heir of firearms manufacturer Samuel Colt,founder of Colt's Manufacturing Company.
Frog Hollow is one of the neighborhoods of Hartford,Connecticut. It is a predominantly working-class residential area,bounded on the north by Capitol Avenue,the east by Lafayette Street,the south by Madison and Hamilton Streets,and on the west by Interstate 84. The neighborhood was developed between about 1850 and 1930,and still contains a remarkable concentration of residential housing from that period. The entire neighborhood,covering more than 150 acres (61 ha) and including more than 900 buildings,is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Rockwell Park is a public park in Bristol,Connecticut. Located in a residential area west of downtown Bristol,it includes open spaces and woodlands on either side of the Pequabuck River. Park amenities include a swimming pool,sports fields,and a playground. Many of the park's buildings are built out of rustic cobblestone,and include several follies. The park,the city's first public park,was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The Old Bristol High School,most recently the Memorial Boulevard Middle School,is a historic school building at 70 Memorial Boulevard in Bristol,Connecticut. A state of the art facility when completed in 1923,the school served the city as a high school until 1967,and is a good example of Classical Revival architecture designed by noted school architect George W. Potter. After serving until 2012 as a middle school,the building is now vacant. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
