Housatonic River
Videos
The Housatonic River is an approximately 149 mi long river in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United States. It flows south to southeast, and drains about 1,950 square miles of so
The Housatonic River in Cornwall
Housatonic river by Shelton at sunset.
Great Falls of the Housatonic River below the Falls Village dam
The Housatonic River at the Old Covered Bridge in Sheffield. The former Thom Reed UFO Monument Park is to the right of the bridge.
USS Housatonic (1861)
Videos
USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, taking its name from the Housatonic River of New England.
Housatonic River
…1845, where it accompanied by descriptive text on the river and its neighbourhood. The United States Navy named a ship for the Housatonic River. The USS Housatonic has the distinction of being the first ship in history to be sunk by a submarine, the Confederate vessel CSS H.L. Hunley, in 1864. Inspired by the river…
USS Housatonic (1862–1864). Wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, 1902
Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo; sketch by war artist William Waud (1864)