Historical Marker
Bake Oven and Upper Level Structures
Historical marker location:
Redding, Connecticut
( Marker can be reached from Putnam Park Road (Connecticut Route 58) near Connecticut Route 107, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2009
Putnam Memorial State Park.
The first recorded submarine attack in history occurred in Connecticut during the American Revolution. On September 6, 1776, the American submarine Turtle attempted to attach a bomb to a British ship in New York Harbor, but the mission was ultimately unsuccessful.