Naugatuck
Naugatuck occupies a narrow river valley in western Connecticut. The Naugatuck River runs through this borough, whose growth as a manufacturing community accelerated during the 19th century. Rubber goods, brass and other factory production shaped its identity for decades, while rail connections linked the valley with surrounding industrial towns. Residential streets extend up the slopes above the river, and the central district remains organized around the waterway and major transport routes. Naugatuck retains borough status, a distinctive form of local government now found in only a limited number of Connecticut communities.
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Naugatuck occupies the narrow Naugatuck River valley in western Connecticut. Incorporated as a borough in 1895, it grew during the 19th and 20th centuries as a manufacturing centre, notably for rubber goods; the Naugatuck Rubber Company became an important local employer. The river corridor and the Waterbury Branch rail line have long linked the community with Waterbury to the north and the Housatonic River towns to the south. Its compact centre around the Naugatuck Green retains the civic scale of a former mill town, while wooded hills rise beyond the developed valley floor. Browse additional webcams from the surrounding area to extend your view of the Naugatuck Valley.
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