Waterbury

Waterbury, a city of Connecticut, 33 miles by rail SW. of Hartford, on the Naugatuck River. It has a fine central park, with the city hall and St John's Episcopal church (spire 200 feet) opposite, and is a busy manufacturing place. It is most important for its brass wares, but it is its cheap watches that have carried its name round the world. Pop. (1880) 17,806; (1890) 28,646.