Ansonia Brass Company

The Ansonia Brass Company began in 1844 when Anson G. Phelps, a merchant and metals importer, created a brass company to supply the growing clock industry in the Naugatuck River Valley. Six years later, the Ansonia Clock Company was formed as a subsidiary of Ansonia Brass by Phelps, Theodore Terry and Franklin C. Andrews, two Bristol clockmakers. The Ansonia Brass Company continued into the 20th century, but has been overshadowed by the clock company.