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Timexpo Museum |
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It's about TIME for family fun! |
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See how it all began! The setting is 1850's Waterbury, "The Brass City", home to many new immigrants. Brass components and a labor force looking for work: what better place to make clocks? So the Waterbury Clock Company was born. Look at the belt-driven machinery, state-of-the-art technology for the time. The revolutionary idea of setting up an assembly line to mass-produce timepieces brought the prices down, competing with expensive European models. Soon everyone could afford a fancy clock for the mantelpiece and a watch to get them to the factory on time.
Be sure to take some quiet time to admire the magnificent mantle, regulator and grandfather clocks in the Clock and Watch Gallery. See letters from Mark Twain ordering his dollar watch, and also the original Ingersoll® Mickey Mouse watches.
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 Best suited for adults
We are open year-round
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Average cost for this attraction: under $10
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Wheelchair/Stroller Accessible |
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Connecticut |
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Population:
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3,405,565
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Did you know:
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Connecticut gave us the first free library (Salisbury, 1810), matches (Beacon Falls, 1834), telephone subscribers and phone book (New Haven, 1878), speed limit (12 mph, 1901), and nuclear submarine (USS Nautilus in Groton, 1954).
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Resources:
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(203) 755-8463
