Once a “gritty port,” New London and Groton offer much to those seeking a romantic escape, starting, of course, with river views and a brand new glamorous boutique inn. This Getaway takes you from New London across the Thames River to Groton. A tour there is free, so even if you’re bound for Mystic Seaport, just five miles away, make it a point to stop there. The USS Nautilus – the world’s first nuclear propelled submarine is berthed in a museum complex alongside the Naval Base in Groton CT. Richardson’s last train station design, and large ferries that roar multiple times a day to Block Island and Greenport, NY.
New London also boasts a world-class art museum, Connecticut and Mitchell Colleges, H.H. General Dynamics Electric Boat, the company that makes the Navy’s nuclear submarines, is located across the Thames River in Groton CT. 2021), where the Amistad was taken and sold in 1839, and United States Coast Guard Academy. New London is home to what was the country’s oldest operating Custom House (closed in Sept.
In 1781 America’s most noted turncoat led British troops on a raid that left this naval stronghold in cinders, destroying ships, homes and shops.Ī hundred and twenty years later, a young playwright Eugene O’neill escaped his stern father and morphine addicted mother by “disappearing” into the thick New London fog on his daily swim in the Thames River – a block from his summer home. WHY GO: Morning fog envelopes New London CT like smoke from Benedict Arnold’s deadly fires.
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