New London, Connecticut

:For the U.S. Navy base, see NSB New London.

Prominent features

New London hosts Connecticut College, Mitchell College, and the United States Coast Guard Academy, as well as the small private secondary school The Williams School. The Connecticut College Arboretum is a fine, 750 acre (3 km²) arboretum and botanical garden.

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Connecticut College - Mitchell College - United States Coast Guard - The Williams School - Connecticut College Arboretum - Arboretum - Botanical garden

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New London lies across the Thames from the town of Groton, Connecticut, home of a United States Navy submarine base and of "EB", the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corporation, which built most existing U.S. nuclear-powered submarines there.

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Groton, Connecticut - United States Navy - Electric Boat Division - General Dynamics Corporation - Submarines

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As world research headquarters of the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, New London and Groton have given birth to many drugs, although the corporations best known drug, Viagra was discovered in the UK.

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Pfizer - Viagra

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New London lies on Long Island Sound, roughly half-way between New Haven, Connecticut and Providence, Rhode Island. Interstate 95 connects it to both of those cities, and it is 5 miles (8 km.) from Interstate 395, the fastest road route to the Boston metropolitan area. Ferries also transport cars and pedestrians between New London and Orient Point, at the northeastern tip of Long Island; they also provide access with Fishers Island, a small island that (despite its lying closer to New London) is in New York State.

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Long Island Sound - New Haven, Connecticut - Providence, Rhode Island - Interstate 95 - Interstate 395 - Boston - Metropolitan area - Ferries - Long Island - Fishers Island - New York

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