Waterbury

E97186
city municipality

Waterbury is a historic industrial city in western Connecticut known for its former prominence in brass manufacturing and its nickname "The Brass City."

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Waterbury canonical 5
Waterbury, Connecticut 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 203 ⓘ
475 ⓘ
climate humid continental to humid subtropical transition ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countySeatOf New Haven County ⓘ
surface form: New Haven County (co-county seat, de facto)
elevation approximately 95 m above sea level ⓘ
foundedIn 1674 ⓘ
governmentType mayor–board of aldermen ⓘ
hasCampusOf University of Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: University of Connecticut (UConn Waterbury)
hasHistoricDistrict Downtown Waterbury Historic District ⓘ
hasHospital Saint Mary’s Hospital ⓘ
Waterbury Hospital ⓘ
hasLandmark Holy Land USA ⓘ
Mattatuck Museum ⓘ
Palace Theater ⓘ
Union Station clocktower ⓘ
hasMayor Paul Pernerewski Jr. ⓘ
hasPublicTransitAgency CTtransit Waterbury Division ⓘ
hasRiver Naugatuck River ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Waterbury CT sports teams (various amateur and minor league) ⓘ
hasUniversity Post University ⓘ
highwayServedBy Connecticut Route 8 ⓘ
Interstate 84 ⓘ
historicalIndustry brass ⓘ
clockmaking ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
watchmaking ⓘ
hostedCompany Chase Brass and Copper Company ⓘ
Scovill Manufacturing Company ⓘ
Waterbury Clock Company ⓘ
incorporatedAsCityIn 1853 ⓘ
incorporatedAsTownIn 1686 ⓘ
knownFor brass manufacturing ⓘ
industrial history ⓘ
locatedIn Connecticut ⓘ
New England ⓘ
New Haven County ⓘ
locatedInRegion western Connecticut ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
mergedTownAndCityIn 1902 ⓘ
namedAfter River in Lancashire, England (disputed etymology) ⓘ
nickname The Brass City ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea Waterbury metropolitan area ⓘ
populationRankInConnecticut among largest cities in Connecticut ⓘ
postalCode 06702 ⓘ
railServedBy Metro-North Railroad Waterbury Branch ⓘ
traversedBy Naugatuck River ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Connecticut → hasMajorCity → Waterbury ⓘ
CTtransit → servesCity → Waterbury ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waterbury, Connecticut
New Haven County → containsCity → Waterbury ⓘ
New Haven County → hasMajorCity → Waterbury ⓘ
Waterbury Branch → routeEnd → Waterbury ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waterbury, Connecticut
Praeger-Kavanagh-Waterbury → hasNameComponent → Waterbury ⓘ
CTfastrak → servedCommunities → Waterbury ⓘ