About Plymouth Town of Plymouth, Connecticut Incorporated in 1795, the town of Plymouth owes it's beginnings to the foresight of such manufacturers as Eli Terry, Seth Thomas, and Silas Hoadley. The manufacture of clocks first gave Plymouth national recognition. Eventually Seth Thomas moved from Plymouth Center to Plymouth Hollow (now Thomaston) to continue the trade. Eli Terry Jr. carried the Terry name to Terryville where clocks, and beginning in 1830, locks were manufactured by harnessing the power of the Peguanuck River. The latter enterprise became known as the Eagle Lock Company which enjoyed a worldwide reputation and employed some 1,800 people at it's peak. Plymouth, while never a manufacturing center, retains most it's small town colonial charm and many of the orginal homes of the Town's industrial entrepreneurs. On July 22, 1999, the Plymouth Center Historical District was listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Expanded the following year, it now encompasses 136 acres of land and contains 126 historic assets such as buildings, sites, and objects. The focal point of the Plymouth Center Historic District, Plymouth Center village, is the green upon which it was reported the Union troops drilled durning the Civil War era and now stands the Plymouth Congregational Church which houses the only Eli Terry wooden works tower in the world. The town has successfully retained it's rural New England charm for generation of families, and yet is accessible to the larger communities of Bristol, Waterbury, and Torrington. Points of Interest: Gentiles Campground, 232 Mt. Tobe Road., Rt 262, 860-283-3459 Lock Museum of America, 230 Main Street, Terryville, 860-589-6359 Hiking, Plymouth Conservatory & Nature Trails, 60 North St.