Naugatuck River
River in Connecticut, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Naugatuck River is a 40.2-mile-long (64.7 km)[4] river in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Its waters carve out the Naugatuck River Valley in the western reaches of the state, flowing generally due south and eventually emptying into the Housatonic River at Derby, Connecticut and thence 11 miles (18 km) to Long Island Sound. The Plume and Atwood Dam in Thomaston, completed in 1960 following the Great Flood of 1955, creates a reservoir on the river and is the last barrier to salmon and trout migrating up from the sea.[6]
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Naugatuck River | |
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Native name | Neggutuck (Algonquin)[2] |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Connecticut |
Region | Litchfield County and New Haven County |
Cities | Torrington, Litchfield, Harwinton, Thomaston, Watertown, Waterbury, Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, Seymour, Ansonia, Derby |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Confluence of West and East Branches Naugatuck River in Torrington, Connecticut |
• coordinates | 41°47′49″N 073°07′00″W[3] |
• elevation | 526 ft (160 m)[4] |
Mouth | Confluence with Housatonic River |
• location | Derby, Connecticut |
• coordinates | 41°18′49″N 073°04′50″W[3] |
• elevation | 3 ft (0.91 m)[3] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | East Branch Naugatuck River, Leadmine Brook, Spruce Brook, Hancock Brook, Mad River, Hockanum Brook, Bladens River |
• right | West Branch Naugatuck River, Northfield Brook, Branch Brook, Steele Brook, Hop Brook, Little River, Long Meadow Pond Brook[5] |
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