NORWICH 



NORWICH 



of the world, for in recent geologic times it 

 was an uninhabitable ice field, like Greenland. 



The coast of Norway is bordered by no fewer 

 than 150,000 islands. One of these, called Tor- 

 ghattan, has a great natural tunnel five hun- 

 dred feet in length, forty feet in breadth and 

 two hundred feet in height. It pierces a moun- 

 tain, and is over four hundred feet above sea 

 level, but in past ages it was at sea level, for 

 the shore line of Norway and its islands is 

 rising at the rate of about one foot in ton 

 years. 



In the daj f s of the adventurous Northmen, 

 each chief was placed, at his death, in the ship 

 which he had commanded, with his armor and 

 his treasure; and ship and Viking were buried 

 near the seashore. Within recent years a 

 number of these old ships, which were probably 

 buried a thousand years ago, have been un- 

 earthed, and are on exhibition in the museums 

 of Norway. 



Consult Du Chaillu's Land of the Long Xifilit : 

 Boyesen's Story of Norway. 



Related Subject*. The reader who is inter- 

 ested* in Norway is referred to the following 

 articles in these volumes : 



Bergen 



Christiania 



Hammerfest 



CITIES AND TOWNS 



Stavanger 

 Trondhjem 



Denmark, subhead 



History 

 Haakon VII 

 Harold 



HISTORY 



Northmen 

 Oscar 



Sweden, subtitle 

 History 



PRODUCTS AND INDUSTRIES 



Cattle Fish 



Cod Herring 



Dairying Lumber 



UNCLASSIFIED 



I-M. la North Cape 



l-'i-.nl Sk;iK' 



: 1 nm Skalds 



NORWICH, nawr'ich, a city of England, 



noted for its textile fabrics, partiml arly crapes. 



;ated ninety-right miles northeast of 



ln and is built on the slopes and summit 



lull wlurh uses from the Wensum River. 



Some of the ancient gates and fort ifica tiona arc 



Btill standing, and these. tog tin -r with thr nu- 



l6i of early architecture, add 



ise busy com- 



d lltV of the 



beautiful * Iral. founded ID 



1096. and fai 

 rated spire, the second highest h 



i beautiful eh" 



of the city's churches. Castle Keep, on an ele- 

 vation in the cattle market, is the only por- 

 tion of the old castle still remaining; sen-ing 

 as a jail until 1887, it has been converted into 

 the Norwich Museum, which has a fine collec- 

 tion of eagles, owls and similar birds. The 

 famous annual cattle and sheep fair takes place 

 in the cattle market beneath the castle. The 

 Guild Hall still has relics of the days of Henry 

 VIII; while in Saint Andrew's Hall, dating 

 from the fifteenth century, the Norwich musical 

 festivals are held. In addition to the city's 

 textiles, mustard, starch, ornamental ironwork 

 and boots and shoes are manufactured on an 

 extensive scale, and there are noted nui 

 gardens on the outskirts. Population in 1911, 

 121,478. 



NORWICH, nawr' witch, CONN., the county 

 seat of New London County |ind a manufactur- 

 ing city in the southeastern part of the state. 

 At Nonvich the Yantic and Shetucket n 

 unite to form the Thames, which is navigable 

 to this point. Boston is ninety-five miles north- 

 and Hartford, the state capital, is fifty 

 miles northwest. The New York, New Haven 

 & Hartford and the Central Vermont railroads 

 provide transportation, and electric lines radiate 

 from the city. The place was settled in 1659 

 by an English company from Saybrook. Nor- 

 wich was incorporated as a township in 1685, 

 chartered as a city in 1784 and was rechar- 

 ti-n-d in 1871. It was namqd for the city of 

 Nonvich in England. In 1910 the population 

 was 20,367; in 1916 it was 21,274 (Federal esti- 

 mate). In 1910 Nonvich town had 28,219 in- 

 habitant-. 



Although Nonvich is primarily a manufac- 

 turing center, it is a beautiful residential city. 

 picturesquely located on rolling ground in the 

 river valley. Then- arc several attractive parks. 

 The Slater Memorial, an art museum orect ed 

 at a cost of $200,000; the Free Academy; the 

 Otis Five Library ; William Backus Hospital. 

 n presenting a $500.000 endowment; the court- 

 house. Saint Patrick's Church, Masonic Tem- 

 ple, a state armory. I Y M. C. A. building and 

 the stale hospital for the insane are all note- 

 worthy structures. 



IYature< of hi-t>nc interest are the Indian 

 burying ground, the resting place of Uncas, the 



and the homes of Cl, 

 Lrllinpwrll. Nathaniel Nlles ami the Huilting- 



tons Samuel, Jcdediah and Jabez all of 



..lut miiary fame. Branches of the Thames 

 Hiver furm-h abundant w:t. \\hidi i< 



an important factor in the mduMnal life of the 



