Connecticut Launched the First Combat Submarine in 1776 #connecticut #submarine #history In 1776, near Charles Island in Milford, Connecticut, the world’s first combat submarine prepared for action. Designed by Yale student David Bushnell, the Turtle was a pedal-powered wooden sub armed with a 150-pound explosive. Piloted by Ezra Lee, it approached the British flagship undetected but failed to attach the bomb. Though the mission failed, Bushnell’s invention pioneered submarine warfare. A replica

Dantown Was a Thriving Connecticut Community Before It Was Flooded #dantown #stamfordct #newcanaanct #history Beneath the Laurel Reservoir on the Stamford–New Canaan border lies Dantown, Connecticut’s own lost city. Once a bustling 19th-century community known for oak-spun baskets so essential they became local currency, it vanished in 1923 when Stamford flooded the valley to secure its water supply. Today, only fading gravestones and submerged stone walls remain, occasionally revealed during dr

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