Address Restricted, Vernon, Connecticut. County/parish: Tolland.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 31, 1997. NRIS 97000274.
1 contributing site.Also known as:
Sharpe's Trout Hatchery Site is a 1-acre (0.40 ha) site of a former fish hatchery in Vernon, Connecticut. The hatchery was established in 1871 by Christian Sharps, and was abandoned after his death in 1874. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Its surviving remnants are located in Vernon's Valley Falls Park, about one mile south of the mill pond.
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