TORRINGTON  , a 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 See also:

• LITCHFIELD

Litchfield 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, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, U.S.A., in the township of Torrington, on the See also:

• NAUGATUCK

Naugatuck See also:

• RIVER

river, about 25 M . W. of See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford . Pop . (190o), 836o, of whom 2565 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; (igro) 15,483; of the township, including the borough (1900) 12,453; (1910) 16,84o . It 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 & Hartford railway and by an electric See also:

• LINE

line connecting with See also:

• WINSTED

Winsted . It has a public library (1865) with 15,000 volumes in 1909 . There is a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state armoury in the borough . Torrington is a prosperous manufacturing centre . In 1905 the value of the factory product was $9,674,124 . The township of Torrington, originally a See also:

• PART

part of the township of See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor, was first settled in 1734, and was separately incorporated in 1740 . The site was covered by See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine trees, which were much used for See also:

• SHIP

ship-See also:

• BUILDING

building, and for this See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason it was known as See also:

• MAST (2) (Anglo-Saxon maest, food, common to some Teutonic languages, and ultimately connected with " meat")
• MAST (I) (O. Eng. maest; a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. malus; from the medieval latinized form mast us comes Fr. malt)

Mast Swamp . In 1751 a 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 was erected, but there were few, if any, residences until 1800 .

In 18o6 the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was known as New See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans See also:

• VILLAGE

village . In 1813 members of the See also:

• WOLCOTT, ROGER (1679-1767)

Wolcott See also:

• FAMILY

family of Litchfield, impressed with the See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, bought See also:

• LAND

land and built a woollen mill, and the village that soon See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed was called Wolcottville . Its growth was slow until 1864 . In 1881 its name was changed to Torrington, and in 1887 the borough was incorporated . See S . Orcutt's See also:

• HISTORY

History of Torrington (See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany, 1878), and an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article, " The Growth of Torrington," in the Connecticut See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, vol. ix., No . 1 .