Carriages and Clocks, Corsets and Locks: The Rise and Fall of an Industrial City - New Haven, Connecticut

In Carriages and Clocks, Corsets and Locks, the editors and contributors trace the rise and fall of New Haven, Connecticut, as an industrial city. Carriages and Clocks, Corsets and Locks explores the origins, preservation, reclamation, and reuse of the extant industrial sites and firmly iterates a unique sense of place for modern citizens of this postindustrial city. Five scholarly narrative essays interpret specific sites, and detailed historical profiles are included for sixteen selected industrial sites located on or near New Haven's harbor, including the Quinnipiac Brewery and the Candee Rubber Company. More than one hundred illustrations depict historical and modern views of sites, the products manufactured there, and New Haven's working people. Maps and tables illustrate the progress of the city's urban development from the seventeenth through the mid-twentieth century. Based on primary source material including land and fire department records, city directories, newspaper articles, maps, and personal accounts, this book is the culmination of the Industrial Heritage Project of the New Haven Preservation Trust's mission to evaluate and document the city's historic industrial sites and to produce educational and advocacy programs for preservation efforts.

PRESTON MAYNARD, as Vice President and Community Development Officer for the Community Economic Development Fund directs a foundation grant and technical assistance program that aids urban communities with redevelopment projects. He is former Executive Director of the New Haven Preservation Trust and an advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

MARJORIE B. NOYES has been an editor of publications for the Yale Schools of Art and Architecture, the Yale School of Medicine, the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, the New Haven Trust for Historic Preservation, and numerous other nonprofit organizations. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the New Haven Preservation Trust and the Guilford (CT) Preservation Alliance.