Atwater, Edward E.,
History of the Colony of New Haven Until Its Absorption into Connecticut
, Meriden, Journal Publishing Co., 1902. Fascinating History of Fair Haven found at the New Haven Colony Historical Society.
Barber, John,
History of Connecticut
, Connecticut Historical Collection. Connecticut Historical Society.
Beals, Carleton,
Our Yankee Heritage, The Making of Greater New Haven
, Bradley and Scoville, 1951. The book discusses the history, natural resources, and famous citizens of New Haven.
Beecher, Edward C.,
Reminiscences of Three Quarters of a Century In New Haven
, Printed Privately. This book recalls the activities, which surrounds the New Haven Colony.
Brown, Elizabeth Mills,
New Haven - A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design
, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1976. A rich source of architecture in New Haven, selection on Fair Haven.
Calder, Isabek McBeath,
The New Haven Colony
, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1934. New Haven Colony involvement during the revolutionary period.
Comp, T. Allen and Donald C. Jackson.
Bridge Truss Types: A Guide to Dating and Identifying
. Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, Technical Leaflet No. 95, 1977.
Condit, Carl W.
American Building: Materials and Techniques from the First Colonial Settlements to the Present
. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968. A wide range of bridge structural possibilities
Connecticut Highway Department.
Forty Years of Highway Development in Connecticut
, 1895-1935. New Haven: Connecticut Tercentenery Commission, Publication No. 46, 1935. History of historical bridges in Connecticut.
Cortright, Robert S.,
Bridging: Discovering the Beauty of Bridges
, Bridge Ink, Inc., Tigard, Oregon, 1998. A wealth of written and visual information on bridges.
Darnell, Victor.
Directory of American Bridge Building Companies, 1840-1900
. Washington, D.C: Society for Industrial Archeology, 1985. Companies that build unique bridges in the United States.
Hawkes, Nigel,
Structures: The Way Things Are Built
, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, 1993. Method and materials used to build bridges.
Melaragno, Michele G.,
Wind in Architectural and Environmental Design
, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, NY, 1982. Designing bridges structures to fit an environment.
Osborn and Hansfield,
One Hundredth Anniversary of the City of New Haven
, General Commission on the Centennial Celebration, 1885. It explains the growth and significance of Fair Haven.
Plan of the Town of New Haven,
Atlas of the New Haven Colony
, (New York: F.W Beers, 1868.) Discusses the planning of the Grand Avenue Bridge.
Roland Osterweis,
Three Centuries of New Haven - 1638-1938
, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953.p.9) This book recalls the activities, which surrounds the New Haven colony.
Shumway, Floyd. Hegel, Richard.
New Haven An Illustrated History
. Connecticut, Windsor Publications, 1981. An authoritative illustration of the City of New Haven.
Townsend, Doris,
A Journey Through Time
. New Haven, CT: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1976. An extensive history of Fair Haven done in recent times.
Tyrrell, Henry G.,
History of Bridge Engineering
. Chicago: G. B. Williams Co., 1911. History of materials, companies involved and bridges builders.