Editing Thomaston, Connecticut (section)

==History==
The town, originally part of the town of [[Plymouth, Connecticut|Plymouth]] and referred to as "Plymouth Hollow", was first settled by Henry Cook ("the soldier in the wilderness", 1683–1750) around 1728.<ref name="Project">{{cite book |author=Federal Writers' Project |title=Connecticut: A Guide to Its Roads, Lore and People |year=1938 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPYfSsQ-WE4C&pg=PA3 |access-date=September 23, 2010 |publisher=US History Publishers |isbn=978-1-60354-007-0}}</ref>{{rp|480}} <ref>{{cite book |title=History of Litchfield County, Part 1 |date=1881 |publisher=J.W. Lewis & Co. |page=488 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DyBEAQAAMAAJ |access-date=January 30, 2015}}</ref> The town is known for [[clockmaking]], which started in 1803, when [[Eli Terry]] established a factory in the town. Terry brought [[mass production]] to the clockmaking industry, helping to reduce the cost of clocks. He introduced and patented the [[shelf clock]] in 1814, which reduced the cost of a clock from $25 to $5. His clocks were sold throughout the United States.<ref name="Project"/>{{rp|480}}

The town was incorporated in its own right and under the name "Thomaston" in 1875.<ref name=History>{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.thomastonct.org/Content/History.asp |publisher=Town of Thomaston |access-date=May 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331094056/http://www.thomastonct.org/Content/History.asp |archive-date=March 31, 2010 }}</ref> The name derives from [[Seth Thomas (clockmaker)|Seth Thomas]], the early clockmaker, who established a factory in town in 1812.<ref name="Project"/>{{rp|60}} <ref name=History/> The [[Seth Thomas Clock Company|Seth Thomas clock factory]] building still exists; however, the clockmaking industry has long since left the state as well as the country.