Historical Marker
Eli Whitney
Historical marker location:
Hamden, Connecticut
( Marker is at the intersection of Whitney Avenue and Armory Street, on the right when traveling north on Whitney Avenue.)
Marker installed: 1929
1765 - 1825. Inventor of the Cotton Gin.
The town of Mystic, Connecticut is home to the last surviving wooden whaling ship in the world. The Charles W. Morgan was built in 1841 and is now part of the Mystic Seaport Museum.