Norwich

Norwich, capital of New London county, Connecticut, is at the head of the Thames River, 13 miles by rail N. of New London. The chief portion of the city lies on an eminence that rises between the Yantic and Shetucket rivers, which here unite to form the Thames. There are numerous manufactures of paper, cotton and woolen goods, worsted, picture cords, pistols, wood-type, files, locks, iron pipes, &c., besides rolling-mills and ironworks: abundant water-power is supplied by the branches of the Thames. Steamboats ply between Norwich and New York. The land on which the city stands was granted by Uncas the Mohican to an English ensign who in 1656 reached him by night with a canoe-load of provisions, when he was besieged in his stronghold by the hostile Indians, and nearly forced by hunger to surrender: a granite obelisk bearing the name of Uncas was erected in 1825. Pop. (1890) 16,152.