Willimantic, Connecticut: Giant Frogs on Thread Spools
Decorative frog statues of sit atop spools of "thread" on this bridge into town.
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Giant statues of frogs sit atop spools of "thread" on the entrance to the town bridge, in Willamantic, CT. Attesting to the thread industry, and frog "incident" during the time of the early settlers.
[M Hatton, 09/07/2003]Four giant frogs sit atop thread spools at each end of a bridge in Willimantic. Located at the end of Main street by the old thread mills. "Zippy" from comic strip fame has even visited these frogs! Also, somewhere nearby the frog bridge is a tiny Victorian village, which I have only heard about and have yet to find.
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Giant Frogs on Thread Spools
- Address:
- Bridge St., Willimantic, CT
- Directions:
- South St. off Main Street, heading south out of town on the Windham Crossing.
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April 2004 - E. Sanderson writes that the Victorian village: "sounds like the Methodist Campground/Camp Meeting, located near the (Catholic) Immaculata Retreat House, off Rte 32 by the Willimantic/ South Windham line. The Campground is a private neighborhood of 20 or so one-or-two-room Victorian cottages connected by narrow lanes. Not technically a tourist attraction -- people live there, and the roads are not public, but it's not gated off either. "