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High Street is a little further down along the river - on the left, to be exact. After looking over some of the houses occupied by my ancestors (Arthur, Cora, Alexander, Elinor...), I decided to stop by the Fountain Hose Company. Arthur was a volunteer here, in his day - I was fortumate to have met another volunteer who gave me a little history about the building and the surrounding area.

Facing northeast	High Street	High/Lester Streets	High Street (facing east)	Fountain Hose Co. (top of High Street)
Facing High Street	Fountain Hose Co.	Fountain Hose Co.	Fountain Hose Co.	Pine Grove Cemetery

As long as I was in the area, I decided to hop over and see some of the folks in Pine Grove Cemetery. This is the gravesite of many of ours: Arthur Richard McOrmond, his wife, Cora Noe McOrmond, Elinor McOrmond Hannon, Arthur C. McOrmond (son of Arthur and Cora), and George Wesley Housel, first son of George and Bessie (ne Noe) Housel (sister of Cora). George has the only stone on the plot. It wasn't a matter a money, I believe it simply wasn't their "way" to have placed any stones.

McOrmond/Housel Plot

Housel Plot

Facing McOrmond
/Housel Plot

Noe Plot

Returning towards High Street, I stopped and snapped a couple of images of a local church. Little on it has changed on the past 75+ years - I found it to be quite a neat little building. High Street hss a couple of the many residences occupied by Arthur, back in his day. I snapped a picture, but for privacy have not included it, here.

I returned and made my way back down High Street, making the left and continuing down along the Naugatuck River.

Immanuel Episcopal Church
/Church Street

Naugatuck River
(looking southeast)

Next up was the Maple Street Bridge. It was rebuilt after the Great Flood of 1955 when the former structure had washed away. In other images taken around town I have more info on that, as well as the stories told to me by one Jerry Vartellas - son of an immigrant who had the corner food store for nearly half a century on the northwest corner, here.

Anyway, back in the day, the Maple Street Bridge was a private crossing (retractable) owned by the Frrell Comapny.The City of Ansonia later obtained it, only to have it destroyed in the flood.

Maple Street Bridge

Farrell Factory

Back of Opera House
(Maple Street Bridge)

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