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

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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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Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2010
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781614231271
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. The Basics
  8. 2. Of Islands and Lighthouses
  9. 3. The Norwalk Yacht Club: A Foundation for Tradition
  10. 4. Roton Point: “The Most Charming Watering Place on the Sound”
  11. 5. The Great Hurricane of 1938: “The Long Island Express” Barrels across the Sound
  12. 6. Hickory Bluff and the Rowayton Yacht Club: An Era Remembered
  13. 7. Bell Island: The Summer Resort at the Tip of Rowayton
  14. 8. Rex Marine and Norwalk Cove Marina: Louis J. Gardella Has a Vision
  15. 9. Mysteries and Treasures: A Missing Ship, the Curse of Captain Kidd and a Bounty of Precious Jewels
  16. 10. A Bit about Oysters
  17. 11. Multihulls Make Maritime History
  18. 12. The Waterfront Today
  19. Bibliography
  20. About the Author

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