CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY
Top view, looking up river, Conn. Yankee
Atomic Power Co. plant at Haddam Neck,
Meadows State Park on left bank. The 11 in-
vestor owned NE utilities plant develops
500,000 KW, using a pressurized water reactor.
This plant is dramatically viewed from mid
river on passing riverboat cruises.
Lower view, aerial of State highway 82 swing
bridge looking down river, the Goodspeed opera
house, Gelston House Restaurant and air strip
are on left bank, the right bank area called
Tylerville, shows the Valley RR tracks. Modern
sonic devices on commercial watercraft enable
them to pass thru the open bridge area nights
in dense fog. An attendant opens the bridge
on signal.
Pictured and Published by Clifford Scofield Color Productions, Cheshire, Conn.
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