WATERBURY 



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WATERFALL 



WAT'ERBURY, Coxx., one of the county 

 seats of New Haven County, situated thirty 

 miles north of Long Island Sound, on the Nau- 

 gatuck River. It is thirty-three miles south- 

 west of Hartford and ninety miles northeast 

 of New York City, and is served by the New 

 York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and by 

 a number of interurban lines. Since 1900 the 

 city and town of Waterbury have been coex- 

 tensive, and they cover an area of more than 

 twenty-eight square miles. The population in- 

 creased from 73,141 in 1910 to 86,973 in 1916 

 (Federal estimate). 



Features of interest are Hamilton and Chase 

 parks, the Federal building, Bronson Library, 

 the city hall, the Masonic Temple and the Sol- 

 diers' Monument. Educational institutions in- 

 clude Saint Margaret's Diocesan School for 

 Girls, the Gerard School and the Convent of 

 ;e Dame. The city has the Waterbury 

 Hospital and the Southmayd Home for Old 

 Ladies. 



Waterbury leads the United States in the 

 manufacture of brass and copper goods, sheet 

 and rolled brass, castings and general brass 

 ware. It is the home of the famous Water- 

 bury watches, manufactured in vast quantities 

 since 1879. Other manufactures include but- 

 tons, clocks, needles and pins, plated and Bri- 

 tannia ware, knitted goods and foundry and 

 machine-shop products. About 1842 metals 

 were plated at Waterbury for the making of 



daguerreotypes. Tne manufacture of brass 

 goods, which is now the leading industry, be- 

 gan in 1802 with the making of brass buttons. 



Waterbury, at first called Mattatuck 

 settled in 1677 and was a part of Farmington 

 until 1686. It was then incorporated, and the 

 name was changed. In 1853 it became a 



WATER COLORS, pigments prepared for 

 the use of artiste. These are made by mixing 

 coloring matter which has been ground to a 

 fine powder with water and a gum sice or other 

 adhesive substance. Water colors designed for 

 use in painting pictures are usually made in the 

 form of small cakes, which are rubbed down 

 with water and applied with a brush to paper, 

 ivory or other materials. Although water-color 

 painting was known to the ancients before th<> 

 introduction of oils, it was not until the nine- 

 teenth century, in England, that it first really 

 became a rival of oil painting and its true scope 

 and power were revealed. In recent years it 

 has become the recognized medium of many 

 eminent painters. 



WATERFALL, the sudden descent of a 

 stream from a higher to a lower level. In 

 wearing down its channel a river uncovers cer- 

 tain layers of rock that are softer than others. 

 If the hard rock is farther upstream than tin- 

 soft, the channel below is worn more rapidly 

 and a cascade or rapid is the result. Some- 

 times the hard ledge forms the margin of a 

 vertical cliff over which the water plunges. If 



SOME INTERESTING COMPARISONS 



At the left and right respectively. are Niagara Fall* nml I 



latter spectacle can be imagined when IU height la compared with that of the Washington Monument. 



The nubllmlty of the 



