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A History of the Rowayton Waterfront: Roton Point, Bell Island & the Norwalk Shoreline
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A History of the Rowayton Waterfront: Roton Point, Bell Island & the Norwalk Shoreline
About this book
A delightful collection delivering the curious history of a Connecticut town bursting with character.
Welcome to Rowayton, a vibrant community nestled on the shores of Long Island Sound and encompassed by the city of Norwalk, Connecticut. Great steamships once delivered thousands of visitors daily to Roton Point to enjoy one of the premier amusement parks on the eastern seaboard. Roton Point was also home to the nation's oldest continuously operated multi-hull racing club and was the birthplace of the winged sail design for C-class catamarans. In this collection of vignettes, rumrunners, a missing two-hundred-foot steamship, a national scandal and the notorious "Long Island Express" hurricane of 1938 that almost destroyed Roton Point all introduce readers to a grand time in New England history.
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Yes, you can access A History of the Rowayton Waterfront: Roton Point, Bell Island & the Norwalk Shoreline by Karen Jewell in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. The Basics
- 2. Of Islands and Lighthouses
- 3. The Norwalk Yacht Club: A Foundation for Tradition
- 4. Roton Point: “The Most Charming Watering Place on the Sound”
- 5. The Great Hurricane of 1938: “The Long Island Express” Barrels across the Sound
- 6. Hickory Bluff and the Rowayton Yacht Club: An Era Remembered
- 7. Bell Island: The Summer Resort at the Tip of Rowayton
- 8. Rex Marine and Norwalk Cove Marina: Louis J. Gardella Has a Vision
- 9. Mysteries and Treasures: A Missing Ship, the Curse of Captain Kidd and a Bounty of Precious Jewels
- 10. A Bit about Oysters
- 11. Multihulls Make Maritime History
- 12. The Waterfront Today
- Bibliography
- About the Author