This book presents the history of the town of Windsor Locks, Connecticut from the early 1800s to 1970. The main focus of the book is the period from the early 1900s, when the European immigrants came into the town, to 1970, when the Main Street redevelopment project happened. About 400 old photographs and 150 old newspaper articles help the reader visualize the town¿s history. The chapters include:¿ 1. Growing up in Windsor Locks in the 1940s, 50s and 60s,2. Ice Cream Stores of Windsor Locks, 3. Earliest Pizza and Grinder Shops of Windsor Locks, 4. Johnny Cappa and Johnny¿s Market, 5. Sisitzky¿s Market, 6. Bert¿s Market, 7. Aldo Sartirana¿s Oak Street Market, 8. Marconi Brothers¿ Luncheonette (Wuzzy¿s), 9. Stella¿s Charles-Ten Restaurant, 10. Macaluso¿s Market, 11.Tony Basile and his Shoe Repair Shop, 12.D. F. LaRussa and his Appliance Store, 13.The Beehive Building, 14.The Rialto Theater, 15. Windsor Locks¿ Hotel on Main Street, 16. Burnap Block and Central Hall, 17.History of the Ashmere Estate, 18.Blanche¿s Bowling Alley and the Princess/Palace Theater, 19. Windsor Locks¿ Macaroni Manufacturing Company, 20. St Oronzo of Turi and of Windsor Locks, 21. One Ferry and Three Bridges, 22. Windsor Locks¿ First Ambulance, 23. Drum Corps of Windsor Locks, 24. Windsor Locks Catastrophes, 25. Leo Montemerlo¿s Map of Downtown Windsor Locks Businesses, 26. Ettore F. Carniglia: Windsor Locks¿ Most Beloved Son, 27. Ella Grasso: Windsor Locks Woman Becomes Governor, 28. Hugh Montgomery: Extraordinary Windsor Locks Citizen, 29 Interview with Hugh Montgomery at age 93, 30. Wilson Taylor: A Boy From Windsor Locks Becomes a Titan of Industry, 31. The Dexter Dynasty,32. The 15 Blocks of Windsor Locks, 33. The Rise and Fall of the Windsor Locks Canal and the Factories Along It, 34. Jack Redmond: Windsor Locks Historian, 35. Red Leary: Athlete, Entrepreneur and Community Leader, 36. Socioeconomic Analysis of Windsor Locks 1960-1980, 37. Why did the Population of Windsor Locks Drop by 20% in the 1970s?, 38. Windsor Locks History Publications: an Annotated Bibliography.