Understanding how much electricity Christmas lights use helps to plan which lights will work best with your home and better prepare for an increase in power bill charges. Your display size and choice of bulbs, whether incandescent or LED, will influence your energy bill the most.
The Housatonic River is a river, approximately 149 mi (240 km) long, in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United States.It flows south to southeast, and drains about 1,950 square miles (5,100 kmÂ²) of southwestern New England into Long Island Sound.ive dams impounded the river in Connecticut to produce hydroelectricity, the Falls Village, Bulls Bridge, Shepaug, Stevenson and Derby dams. The last three dams form a chain of lakes, Candlewood Lake, Lake Lillinonah, Lake Zoar and Lake Housatonic, from New Milford south to Shelton.
The United States Navy named a ship for the Housatonic River. The USS Housatonic has the distinction of being the first ship in history to be sunk by a submarine, the confederate vessel CSS H.L. Hunley.he United States Navy named a ship for the Housatonic River. The USS Housatonic has the distinction of being the first ship in history to be sunk by a submarine, the confederate vessel CSS H.L. Hunley.