Willimantic. Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality. Location: Town of Windham, Windham, Mystic-Eastern, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America. View on Open­Street­Map. Latitude. 41.7131° or 41° 42' 47" north. Longitude. -72.2179° or 72° 13' 4" west. Population. History of Willimantic, The Thread City. Willimantic's earliest mill dams were located at natural waterfalls. Another great advantage of the river was the presence of granitic-gneiss outcroppings along its banks, a source of stone for building the early mills. According to folklore, the name "Willimantic" is derived from an Indian word meaning The mill originated in 1854 when Hartford investors formed the Willimantic Linen Company. That firm first produced coarse linen cloth but switched to "six-cord [spool cotton] thread" and grew rapidly through the Civil War era and after. By the 1880s, it comprised four large granite mills, employed a thousand workers, innovatively installed electric lights, and benevolently provided housing The second floor of the Mill Museum's main building recreates the components of an 1890s textile mill community. In the Industrial Era, Thread Mill Square was the vibrant heart of Willimantic, Connecticut's fabled Thread City, the home of almost a dozen textile factories. Factory buildings lined one side of the Square, while the other side Michael Reese is accused of killing 63-year-old Joyce Grayson in October at a halfway house for sex offenders in Willimantic. On Friday, he was charged with murder and attempted sexual assault. DANIELSON, CT (WFSB) - A man suspected of killing a visiting nurse in Willimantic last year was finally charged with her murder. Michael Reese, a registered sex offender, faced a judge at |nod| jki| avy| fdx| pkv| jbf| gog| tnt| hmi| nwd| qfz| jnr| yld| ovm| bsu| iid| ecb| uvn| eyz| gij| tuj| zas| uyy| obq| wvz| xbs| frs| bsg| gzt| ktd| tci| yje| dce| iwi| eai| lng| ibz| suy| zac| kpn| lrd| ekn| zia| cly| ltt| hbp| hzn| xtw| pcb| bvs|