page_title: Norwalk Harbor
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Norwalk Harbor / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Stroffolino Bridge, which connects South Norwalk with East Norwalk in Norwalk, Connecticut over the Norwalk River. The bridge opens up for some tour boats and a small number of other boats. The view is from the south on the South Norwalk side of the bridge.
context_page_description: Norwalk Harbor is a recreational and commercial harbor and seaport
  at the estuary of the Norwalk River where it flows into Long Island Sound
  in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States.
  The last portion of the Norwalk River from the head of navigation
  near Wall Street in Central Norwalk to the Long Island Sound
  forms Norwalk Harbor. It is a federal navigation channel of the
  "recreational and small commercial harbor" variety.
  In and around the harbor there are 15 marinas, 13 private clubs with
  boating facilities, and 5 commercial port facilities. There are more
  than 1800 berthing spaces and more than 500 harbor mooring locations.
  About 800 boats may be launched from storage racks at marinas and clubs
  as well as via the city maintained launching ramp in Veterans Park.
  More than 2700 commercial vessel trips to and from the harbor occur each year.
  The main harbor channel is small enough to restrict the size of
  vessels that could attempt to use it. In 2001 waterborne
  commerce in the harbor totaled 512,000 short tons. Typical freight
  included fuel oil, sand, gravel, stone, and shellfish.
context_section_description: From the sound the main approach to the harbor lies to the southwest of Rowayton and
  Sheffield Island.  The wider and deeper southwest approach is also known as
  "Sheffield Harbor", whereas the narrower and shallower eastern approach is known as "Cockenoe Harbor.
  There is a 4.7-mile (7.6 km)-long channel extending from the outer harbor to the head of 
  the harbor in Norwalk. The channel is 12 feet (3.7 m) deep and 200 feet (61 m) wide 
  from the outer harbor to Gregory Point in East Norwalk, where it narrows 
  to 150 feet (46 m) wide up to the wharves at South Norwalk. The channel then 
  widens to 250 feet (76 m) along the wharves to the Washington Street (Stroffolino) Bridge.
  Upstream of the Washington street bridge the inner harbor lies along 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of the river.  The channel of the inner harbor is 10 feet (3.0 m) deep and between 
  100–200 feet (30–61 m) wide until it terminates at the head of the harbor at the Wall Street bridge in central Norwalk.  There is an anchorage area 10 feet (3.0 m) deep and 17 acres (6.9 ha) in area on the east side of the channel in the vicinity of Fitch Point in East Norwalk.  There is also a 0.6-mile (0.97 km)-long, six-foot-deep channel, 125–150 feet (38–46 m) wide, extending northeast from the 10-foot (3.0 m) anchorage opposite Fitch Point to the head of the harbor at East Norwalk. Another six-foot-deep anchorage area lies adjacent to the head of the harbor at East Norwalk.
caption: The Stroffolino memorial bascule bridge carries Washington Street over the river at the beginning of the inner harbor.
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