Talk:Groton, Connecticut
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You left out New Suffolk, NY birthplace of the "Silent Service" out on the north fork of Long Island. It is also where Albert Einstein (who may have had something to do with Italian torpedo development in the early 1930's) posted his letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, warning him about "fission" experiments in Europe and said to have started the "Manhattan Project". There is currently a marker to attest to the "Silent Service" origin today, though the post office is gone. A large facility was there "Electric Boat" and "Holland Torpedo Boat Co. 100 Broadway, N.Y." See New_Suffolk_large.jpg.
This whole entry should be revised, perhaps to reflect more of the history of the submarine and New Jersey math teacher, Mr. Holland's development of it.
- Wouldn't that go better at New Suffolk, New York, submarine, and/or John Philip Holland? --wwoods 17:27, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Redirect
Why is Groton, Connecticut redirecting to Naval Submarine Base New London? Groton is the town. The base happens to be located in the town. Why do I have to view a page about the base in order to get to a page on the town, when the town is what I wanted to find information on when I searched "Groton, Connecticut"? Should New York City redirect to Metropolitan Museum of Art because it's located there? This is quite possibly the stupidest redirect I've seen on Wikipedia. It makes absolutely no sense. What's the reasoning behind it? Beginning 08:07, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC)
- Better? When I found it, Groton, Connecticut was a stubby article about submarines, while the town info was at Groton (town), Connecticut. I expanded the former and eventually renamed it.
- There's a lot of links to Groton, Connecticut that now need redirecting to NSB New London.
- —wwoods 22:45, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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- I'll fix the links in return for your work. Thanks for resolving this. Sorry if I came off snappy before, but it just made no sense to me. Beginning 23:26, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC)
Added comment on BRAC closure list - KMC
