BRIDGEPORT  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, a See also:

• PORT

port of entry, and one of the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seats of See also:

• FAIRFIELD

Fairfield county, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, U.S.A., co-extensive with the See also:

• TOWN

town of Bridgeport, in the S.W. See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, on See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound, at the mouth of the Pequonnock See also:

• RIVER

river; about 18 m . S.W. of New Haven . Pop . (188o) 27,643; (1890) 48,866; (1900) 70,996, of whom 22,281 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, including 5974 from See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, 3172 from See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, 2854 from See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, 2755 from See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and 1436 from See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy; (1910) 102,054 . Bridgeport is served by the New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, New Haven & See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford railway, by lines of See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast steamers, and by steamers to New York City and to Port See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson, directly across Long Island Sound . The See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, formed by the See also:

• ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary of the river and Yellow See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

Mill See also:

• POND
• POND, JOHN (c. 1767-1836)

Pond, an inlet, is excellent . Between the estuary and the pond is a See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula, See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Bridgeport, in which are some of the largest manufacturing establishments, and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the harbour and the river is the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main portion of the city, the wholesale See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section extending along the See also:

• BANK

bank, the See also:

• RETAIL

retail section farther back, and numerous factories along the See also:

• LINE

line of the railway far to the westward . There are two large parks, See also:

• BEARDSLEY, AUBREY VINCENT (1872-1898)

Beardsley, in the extreme See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north part of the city, and Seaside, west of the harbour entrance and along the Sound; in the latter are statues of See also:

• ELIAS, JOHN (1774-1841)

Elias See also:

• HOWE
• HOWE, EIJAS (1819 — 1867)
• HOWE, JOHN (1630-17o6)
• HOWE, JOSEPH (1804–1873)
• HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819–1910)
• HOWE, RICHARD HOWE, EARL (1726-1799)
• HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY (1801-1876)
• HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT (1729-1814)

Howe, who built a large sewing-See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine factory here in 1863., and of P . T . See also:

• BARNUM, PHINEAS TAYLOR (1810-1891)

Barnum, the showman, who lived in Bridgeport after 1846 and did much for the city, especially for East Bridgeport . In Seaside See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park there is also a soldiers' and sailors' See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument, and in the vicinity are many See also:

• FINE

fine residences . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are the St See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

Vincent's and Bridgeport hospitals, the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• ORPHAN

orphan See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum, the Barnum See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, occupied by the Bridgeport Scientific and See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society and the Bridgeport Medical Society; and the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• BUILDING

building, which contains the See also:

• POST

post-See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office and the customs See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house .

In 1905 Bridgeport was the principal manufacturing centre in Connecticut, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital invested in manufacturing being . $49,381,348, and the products being valued at $44,586,519 . The largest See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries were the manufacture of corsets—the product of Bridgeport was 19.9% of the See also:

• TOTAL

total for the United States in 1905, Bridgeport being the leading city in this See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry—sewing See also:

• MACHINES

machines (one of the factories of the See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

Singer Manufacturing Co. is here), See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam-fitting and See also:

• HEATING

heating apparatus, cartridges (the factory of the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union Metallic See also:

• CARTRIDGE (corruption of Fr. cartouche)

Cartridge Co. is here), automobiles, See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass goods, phonographs and gramophones, and typewriters . There are also large foundry and machine shops . Here, too, are the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter headquarters of " Barnum and See also:

• BAILEY (said to be a corruption of Ballium by some, and derived by others from the Fr. baille, a corruption of bataille, because there the soldiers were drilled in battle array)
• BAILEY, NATHAN
• BAILEY, PHILIP JAMES (1816-1902)
• BAILEY, SAMUEL (1791-1870)

Bailey's See also:

• CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

circus " and of " See also:

• BUFFALO

Buffalo See also:

• BILL

Bill's See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild West Show." Bridgeport is a port of entry; its imports in 1908 were valued at $656,271 . See also:

• BRIDGE

Bridge-port was originally a part of the township of See also:

• STRATFORD
• STRATFORD, JOHN DE (d. 1348)

Stratford . The first See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement here was made in 1659 . It was called Pequonnock until 1695, when its name was changed to Stratfield . During the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence it was a centre of privateering . In 1800 the See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of Bridgeport was chartered, and in 1821 the township was incorporated . The city was not chartered until 1836 . See S .

Orcutt's See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Township of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport (New Haven, 1886) .