Monuments in Connecticut

Discover 7 unusual monuments in Connecticut.

North Canaan, Connecticut

Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument

The last blast furnace to close in New England offers a rare window into the region’s once-thriving iron industry.

North Canaan, Connecticut

Beckley Iron Furnace

The last surviving 19th-century blast furnace in Connecticut.

Permanently Closed

The stylized No. 21 plane on top of the fountain.

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Gustave Whitehead Fountain

This monument commemorates an aeronaut who allegedly flew a plane before the Wright brothers.

Monument to Miantonomo

Norwich, Connecticut

Monument to Miantonomo

The site where chief Miantonomo of the Narraganset people was captured.

The monument near the grave of Dr Horace Wells.

Hartford, Connecticut

Horace Wells Memorial

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.

East Rock

New Haven, Connecticut

East Rock Park

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

The centerpiece of the Hartford Circus Fire Memorial, where the middle tent post stood.

Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford Circus Fire Memorial

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

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