Willimantic's First Telephone Connection

Title

Willimantic's First Telephone Connection

Description

Willimantic's first telephone connection is established between Chaffee's Church Street and Chafeeville Mills.

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 68.

Date

1882

Contributor

hall_tyler

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Willimantic's First Telephone Connection,” History Digitized, accessed March 12, 2026, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/796.