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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1952
Page
10
Francis Murphy editor announced the Hartford Times will file with the FCC within 10 days to operate a commercial UHF television station on channel 18. Estimated installation cost for Hartford is about 750000 dollars.
A ten minute guided free tour along Old Mill Green in Bridgeport traces its history from a 1652 mill built by Thomas Sherwood and John Hurd to the Washington Lafayette visit marker near the Washington Elm. The park spans 8.4 acres, two blocks from East Main to Helen Street, with histories of post riders Ebenezer Hurd and early inns, plus a bronze plaque and a surviving white oak marking the elm site.
A colonial marker once credited to Benjamin Franklin marks 17 miles to New Haven with an arrow on top. The stone notes Franklin measured distances using a clock like device recording wheel rotations. Today the inscription is eroded and rarely read, often struck by bottles from passing drivers.
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