A City Changed By Engineering
Lithuanians Incoming
Waterbury Over Time
Brass Valley
Waterbury Now
100
What is the name of the process used in creating brass for industrial use?
What is "Washing"
100
Larger than the Lithuanian population, the largest group of immigrants to the Waterbury area at the turn of the 20th century.
What are Italians
100
What river flows through Waterbury?
What is Naugatuck River?
100
This was the center of the Brass industry in the Old World
What is Birmingham, England?
100
What 3 colleges are based in Waterbury?
What are Post University, University of Connecticut, and Naugatuck Valley Community College?
200
The ancient alloy of copper and tin.
What is Brass?
200
The title of the leader in Lithuania in the 19th century.
What is a czar
200
This catastrophic incident made reparations and rebuilding in Waterbury necessary in 1902.
What is a fire?
200
This Waterbury-based company produced 2/3 of the world's Brass by 1900.
What is the American Brass Company?
200
What unkind ranking has Waterbury recently earned as a result of its declining economy and lower standards of living?
What is "One of the worst places to live in America?"?
300
This city was the center of commerce, infrastructure, and business markets in the 19th and early 20th century.
What is New York City?
300
The social organization that has supported Lithuanians in Waterbury since its beginning in 1892.
What is The Lithuanian Club
300
This company later became the Timex company, centered in Middlebury, CT.
What is The Waterbury Clock Company?
300
The nickname that Waterbury earned for its brass production?
What is "Brass City"?
300
This US president stopped in Waterbury for a campaign speech.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
400
What is the largest Civil Engineering project completed in Waterbury between 1890-1920?
What is the Wigwam Dam
400
The first Lithuanian worshipping community in Connecticut?
What is St. Joseph's Church?
400
This Ken Burns documentary following four American towns during World War II highlighted Waterbury as an epitome of the War effort at home.
What is "The War"?
400
This electric appliance made brass production much more efficient and much less dependent on human labor.
What is the electric furnace?
400
A religious tourist attraction in Waterbury that closed in 1984.
What is Holy Land USA?
500
What was the amount of water being pumped through Waterbury in 1919?
What is 4.3 billion gallons
500
The neighborhood in Waterbury, with the same name as a New York City neighborhood, where Lithuanians lived in large groups.
What is Brooklyn?
500
There is a veteran's monument in Waterbury, what war is it in tribute to?
What is the Civil War?
500
The motto of the city of Waterbury?
What is "What is more lasting than brass?"?
500
These two hospitals are the leading employers in Waterbury (behind the Town of Waterbury).
What are the Waterbury Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital?
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