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Waterford

Connecticut, United States
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Waterford, town (township), New London county, southeastern Connecticut, U.S., on Long Island Sound just west of the city of New London. The area, settled about 1653, was separated from New London and incorporated as a town in 1801. Drained by the Thames and Niantic rivers, it has a name descriptive of local fordable shallows. Early industries included paper mills and a granite quarry, which was a source of millstones. It remained a rural residential suburb until after 1950, when several industrial parks were established (mainly for offices, warehouses, and light engineering plants). The Millstone Nuclear Power Plant is part of ...(100 of 138 words)

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