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{{Short description|River in the United States of America}} |
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{{For|the place|Oxoboxo River, Connecticut}} |
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The '''Oxoboxo River''' is a tributary of the ] in ], ]. It flows roughly {{convert|6|mi}} in a southeasterly direction from its source at Oxoboxo Lake and its confluence with the Thames. It has a ] of {{convert|6768|acre|km2}}, 87% of which is in the ] of ].<ref name=Montvilleconsplan>'''', May 15, 2010</ref> |
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| name = Oxoboxo River |
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| name_other = Oxoboxo Brook |
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| image = Remains of Uncasville Mill dam (2), December 2022.JPG |
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| image_caption = Remains of a dam on the Oxoboxo River in ] |
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<!---------------------- LOCATION --> |
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<!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> |
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| source1 = Oxoboxo Lake |
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The '''Oxoboxo River''', {{IPAc-en| ˈ|ɑ:|k|s|oʊ|ˌ|b|ɑ:|k|s|oʊ}} shown on federal maps as '''Oxoboxo Brook''',<ref name=GNIS>{{gnis|209571|Oxoboxo Brook}}</ref> is a tributary of the ] in ], ]. It flows roughly {{convert|6|mi}} in a southeasterly direction from its source at Oxoboxo Lake to its confluence with the Thames. It has a ] of {{convert|6768|acre|km2}}, 87% of which is in the ] of ].<ref name=Montvilleconsplan>'' {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325044149/http://www.townofmontville.org/Customer-Content/WWW/CMS/files/2010PlanofConservationandDevelopment.pdf |date=2012-03-25 }}'', May 15, 2010</ref> |
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The Oxoboxo was an important source of ] for colonial settlement and 19th-century industrial development in Montville. The first ] on the river was established in the 1653. As of the 1880s, the river supplied power for 15 cotton, woolen, and paper mills. <ref name=Montvilleconsplan/> |
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The Oxoboxo was an important source of ] during English colonial settlement and 19th-century European-American industrial development in Montville. Colonists built the first ] on the river in 1653. As of the 1880s, the river supplied power for 15 cotton, woolen, and paper mills, most of which had dams.<ref name=Montvilleconsplan/><ref>{{cite book |url=http://seccog.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Montville-Annex-Update.pdf |page=10{{hyphen}}3 |title=HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE ANNEX FOR THE TOWN OF MONTVILLE |work=Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update |chapter=10. Dam Failure |date=December 6, 2012 |publisher=Town of Montville |author=Milone & Macbroom, Inc}}</ref> The river's source, Oxoboxo Lake, is a natural lake whose size and elevation have been increased by ]ming. The earliest dam at Oxoboxo Lake was constructed in the 17th century; it has been rebuilt and increased in height several times since, reaching its current elevation in the 1880s.<ref name=Montvilleconsplan/> A dam adjacent to ] in ] was removed in 2020 during redevelopment of the ], which it formerly powered.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theday.com/local-news/20201112/construction-schedule-on-oxoboxo-lofts-pushed-back/ |title=Construction schedule on Oxoboxo Lofts pushed back |first=Sten |last=Spinella |date=November 12, 2020 |newspaper=The New London Day |access-date=December 20, 2022}}</ref> |
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The name was derived from Algonquian languages of the area, which had terms for the river and lake. Other historical names for the stream and alternative spellings of "Oxoboxo" include Abscubogset, Absubogsuck, Cochikuack Brook, Cokichiwake, Cokikuak, Cuchickuwock, Okeshoksee, Okseboksce, Oxopaugsuck, Oxyboxy, and Sawmill Brook. Many are transliterations of the feature name in the ] and other ] of historical Native American tribes in the area.<ref name=GNIS/><!--The name Oxoboxo reads the same frontwards and backwards, making it a noted example of a ].--> |
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The name was derived from Algonquian languages of the area, which had terms for the river and lake. Other historical names for the stream and alternative spellings of "Oxoboxo" include Abscubogset, Absubogsuck, Cochikuack Brook, Cokichiwake, Cokikuak, Cuchickuwock, Okeshoksee, Okseboksce, Oxopaugsuck, Oxyboxy, and Sawmill Brook. Many are transliterations of the feature name in the Mohegan and other Algonquian languages of historical Native American tribes in the area.
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Remains of a dam on the Oxoboxo River in Uncasville