A History of the Rowayton Waterfront

A History of the Rowayton Waterfront Roton Point, Bell Island & The Norwalk Shoreline - American Chronicles : A History Press Series

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A delightful collection delivering the curious history of a Connecticut town bursting with character.


Welcome to Rowayton, a vibrant community nestled on the shores of Long Island Sound and encompassed by the city of Norwalk, Connecticut. Great steamships once delivered thousands of visitors daily to Roton Point to enjoy one of the premier amusement parks on the eastern seaboard. Roton Point was also home to the nation's oldest continuously operated multi-hull racing club and was the birthplace of the winged sail design for C-class catamarans. In this collection of vignettes, rumrunners, a missing two-hundred-foot steamship, a national scandal and the notorious "Long Island Express" hurricane of 1938 that almost destroyed Roton Point all introduce readers to a grand time in New England history.

Book information

ISBN: 9781596296916
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 123
Weight: 227g
Height: 226mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 8mm