Pitkin Glassworks Ruin, Manchester

Name: Pitkin Glassworks Ruin
Address: Manchester, United States

#10 among attractions in Manchester

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The Pitkin Glassworks Ruin is a historic industrial archaeological site at the junction of Parker and Putnam Streets in Manchester, Connecticut. It contains the remains of one of the oldest glass factories in New England, established in 1783. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. ()

Coordinates: 41°46'36"N, 72°30'15"W

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Highland ParkManchester United States

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Pitkin Glassworks Ruin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Shoppes at Buckland Hills, Hop River State Park Trail, Lutz Children's Museum, Wickham Park.

3 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Shoppes at Buckland Hills, Manchester
77 min walk • The Shoppes at Buckland Hills, formerly and commonly known as Buckland Hills Mall is a shopping mall located in Manchester, Connecticut and is currently owned by Spinoso Real Estate Group.
1.7 miN
Park
Hop River State Park Trail, Manchester
43 min walk • Hop River State Park Trail is a Connecticut rail trail that winds for 20.8 miles eastward from Colonial Drive in the town of Manchester to the Air Line State Park Trail S. in the town of Windham. The trail parallels the Hop River for much of its length.
1.7 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum
Lutz Children's Museum, Manchester
43 min walk • The Lutz Children's Museum is a non-profit children's museum located in Manchester, Connecticut, United States. Originally known as the Lutz Junior Museum, it was developed on March 4, 1953 by a vote of the Manchester Parent Teacher Association Council.
3.7 miW
Park
Wickham Park, Manchester
96 min walk • Wickham Park is a nonprofit, private foundation in Manchester and a small part of East Hartford, Connecticut. The park contains 280 acres of gardens, open fields, woodlands, ponds, picnic areas and sports facilities, among other attractions.
4.8 miSE
National park
Gay City State Park
124 min walk • As visitors explore the park's network of trails, they will encounter remnants of the town of Gay City, a once-thriving 19th-century mill community. The historic ruins of old mill foundations and stone walls provide a glimpse into the area's rich industrial past...
7 miSW
Library
Welles-Turner Memorial Library, Glastonbury
178 min walk • The Gideon Welles House is a historic house at 17 Hebron Avenue in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Built in 1783, it was home to generations of the locally prominent Welles family, whose most famous member was Gideon Welles, the United States Secretary of the Navy under Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
2.2 miNW
Lake, Park
Northwest Park, Manchester
57 min walk • Northwest Park is a baseball field located in Manchester, Connecticut, United States. The field is the former home of the Manchester Silkworms of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. It played host to the Silkworms between 2000 and 2009. The field's location places Union Pond behind a stand of trees located past the outfield.
3 miE
Town
Bolton
77 min walk • Bolton is a small suburban town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. It is primarily residential with an economy made up mostly of small businesses. The high school typically has between fifty and one hundred students per grade. The population was 4,858 as of the 2020 census.
1.4 miSW
Neighbourhood
Cheney Brothers Historic District, Manchester
37 min walk • The Cheney Brothers Historic District was a center of the silk industry in Manchester, Connecticut, in the late 19th and early 20th century.
1.9 miNW
Neighbourhood, Greek Revival architecture
Union Village Historic District, Manchester
48 min walk • The Union Village Historic District encompasses the core of a historic 19th-century residential mill village in Manchester, Connecticut.
1.3 miW
Neighbourhood, Victorian architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Manchester Historic District, Manchester
34 min walk • The Manchester Historic District encompasses a historic planned industrial and residential area of Manchester, Connecticut.