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This waterway was once used by traders to get from Worcester to the Atlantic Ocean
The Blackstone Canal - The canal connected Worcester to Providence (and Narragansett Bay) from 1828 to 1848. It closed because of competition from the railroad. It's on the National Registry of Historic Places, and while some of it has been filled, there are parts that are still visible.
The monkey wrench was invented by which brothers (last name)
Coes brothers - They invented it in 1840
The origins of Worcester's namesake are disputed. Some say it's named after the city of Worcester, England. Others say it comes from the Saxon word 'Wegeraceaster', which means ______
"War Castle"
From 1880 to 1882, Worcester was home to the Ruby Legs, a National League baseball team. Despite a short lived tenure, they managed to make it into the history books. Name one of their three historic accomplishments
1. First perfect game in Major League Baseball
2. First MLB team to be no-hit at home
3. First MLB team to visit Cuba
Harvey Ball invented the world famous Smiley Face in which year
1963
Worcester's Union Station, a beautiful example of this architectural style, was restored and reopened in 2000
Beaux-Arts
The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence was on July 14, 1776, in front of worcester's current city hall. Name the person who delivered this speech
Isaiah Thomas - Thomas stood on a porch of the city's Old South Church as he read. The church was eventually torn down.
Albert Socco Jr. flew as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia on Shuttle mission STS-73 in 1995. Sacco was originally chosen as the payload specialist for the ill-fated STS-107 mission, before he was replaced, which ended in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Before his time as an astronaut, he became a professor and was appointed head of which department at WPI in 1989
Chemical Engineering
Worcester was incorporated as a town in which year
1722
After a mishap involving an experimental rocket, Robert Goddard, the inventor of the liquid fueled rocket and the bazooka was banned from launching his experiments in the state of Massachusetts. Thanks to some help from Charles Lindbergh and the Guggenheim family, he eventually relocated to which town that was chosen because of its stable weather and wide open space
Roswell, New Mexico - Between 1930 and 1941, Goddard launched 31 rockets in the Roswell area. Of note, the first Roswell UFO incident wasn't until 1947.
This Worcester park, one of the oldest in the United States, was designed by the famous landscape architect behind New York's Central Park
Elm Park
Name the man who would go on to be president who gave a speech at the 1848 ceremony where Worcester was chartered as a city
Abraham Lincoln - Historical reports indicate Lincoln was in town stumping for Whig Party members. At the time, he was a relatively unknown congressman.