Did You Know?

Facts about the City of Bridgeport
• Settled in 1639
• known as Park City, Bridgeport contains 27 parks
Well known companies and products from Bridgeport include:
• Singer Manufacturing Co.
• Remington Arms Co.
• Underwood Elliot Fisher typewriters,
• Dictaphone Corp.
• Bridgeport Milling machines
• Perhaps the most well known product evolution began at the Frisbie Pie Company, which was located in Bridgeport. Yale students discovered that flinging the pie plates was a great source of entertainment, and the concept of the Frisbie toy was born.
• The Beardsley Zoo is the only zoological center in the entire state of Connecticut.
Bridgeporters who achieved fame:
• Robert Mitchum
• Brian Dennehy
• Bob Crane
• John Ratzenberger, actor/comedian
• Kevin Nealon
• Actor and comedian Richard Belzer who once worked as a reporter for The Connecticut Post.