Seth Thomas, Richard Russo, CT, and the Great Utopian Zucchini

Well here is a circle of several posts.

I recently mentioned the Great Utopian Zucchini's selfless efforts to raise money for the restoration of the clock ("After nearly a century of chiming the hours, our old Seth Thomas clock tower...has fallen silent.".) down in New Harmony, Indiana.

I noticed that the clock (sharp, eh?) was a Seth Thomas...(In 1813 a man named Seth Thomas came to the hollow to manufacture clocks. By 1856 Thomas was labeling his clocks with "Thomas Town." He helped route the Naugatuck railroad through Plymouth Hollow, linking us with the brass center at Waterbury.)

There is also a clock in Thomaston, Maine:



I now remember that I had previously conjectured on the matter of Richard Russo's choice of Thomaston for a locale in "Bridge of Sighs."

I was ignorant until I recently went to Maine that Thomaston is nearby Mr. Russo's abode Down East.

I must have been wrong in that Thomaston conjecture.

I have some train photos from Thomaston, CT back there, and they round out the mistake nicely. (I do enjoy that Old Naugie and the RMNE working train museum):






Some Grand Trunk and their railroad here (this last with Grand Funk music reference.)

Photo Problems

The photos look nice but they usually would expand when clicked. I found a discussion thread that mentions others having this problem and there is a fix but it looks like a pain that I couldn't do from this computer. Oh well, I will wait on the others until I know it will go through right...

In the meantime, happy Ninja Day!!!

Meanwhile Adam is residing in Mohawk Country, his town was mentioned on page 111 of Russo's latest novel.

I half wonder if Richard Russo took the name for this book's town, Thomaston, from Thomaston Ct., home of the Rail Road Museum of New England. Me and Gator checked it out. The town was renamed from "Plymouth" in honor of Seth Thomas, who built a factory there.

Crittenden

Instapundit mentions the novel "Tethered" and how the author may be married to Jules Crittenden who is a must read.

Here she mentions an anecdote involving Richard Russo.