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Bridgeport, Connecticut’s largest city, is
known as "The Park City" was the city that Barnum built. Phineas
Taylor Barnum, you know him better as P.T., was the showman
turned mayor who made this port city into a major manufacturing
center during the early 19th century. By the time his term
ended, Bridgeport was well known throughout the United States
and the world. The city, the most populous in the state, is a
port on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Pequonnock River.
Black Rock Harbor is a deep, protected harbor that developed as
a trade port and shipbuilding center in the 18th century. Black
Rock was once part of Fairfield, but now is a neighborhood of
the city of Bridgeport. Settled in 1639, it was first known as
Newfield and later as Stratfield.. In 1800 it was incorporated
as a borough and named Bridgeport for the first drawbridge over
the river. Today the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat
Company provides daily ferry service between Bridgeport and Port
Jefferson, Long Island from their new terminal and docking
facility and major transportation hub. One of Bridgeport’s
newest attractions is Harbor Yard, the home of the popular
Bridgeport Bluefish Professional Baseball team – now the most
successful minor league team in the USA and home field for
Sacred Heart University. Other Bridgeport attractions include
the Beardsley Zoo, which has a proud history of over 75 years
as Connecticut’s only zoo. Captain’s Cove Seaport, home to the
HMS Rose, the world's largest active wooden sailing vessel a
full-rigged ship, a replica of an 18th century Royal Navy
frigate that cruised the American coast during the American
Revolution. |
