The stories behind Connecticut - Harbor of Invention

• Harbor of Invention: Mentorship on the Connecticut Bench — “Harbor of Invention” is less about one repair than about a mentor and a student, working through a problem together at the bench.

Lyrics

From New London Piers to the

Guilford Stone Salt on the railings, a workshop tone

Brass in the vice and a blueprint spread

Patient hands make the future stead

In a quiet lab where the clean lights shine

A measured turn at the borderline

We mend what trembles, we test what we trust

Careful as craftsmen, exact as we must

Every small adjustment carries someone's name

Every honest resort earns its place in the frame

Connecticut, harbor of invention

Where the tide brings a new intention

From the bench to the bedside, we carry you through

Biomedical repair with a promise to you

We test, We learn, we make it right

Mentors pass the lantern through the night

Connecticut with a steady hand

Building tomorrow where the shoreline stands

In Mystic the holes remember the grain

Old tools singing beneath the rain

While north of the sound in a room kept bright

A young mind asks why and a guide says try

No shortcut taken,

no number ignored We check every signal, we strengthen the cord

A circuit, a valve, a delicate scene

Restored by a team with a practical dream

Every failed attempt leaves a map in the dust

Every lesson shared becomes

part of the trust

Connecticut,

harbor of invention Where the tide brings a new

intention From the bench to the bedside

We carry it through biomedical repair

With a promise to you we test

We learn, we make it right

Mentors pass the lantern through the night

Connecticut with a steady hand

Building tomorrow where the shoreline stands

Let the old hands show the younger hands

How patience turns a question into plans

Let the data speak, let compassion lead

Let every careful fix answer a need

From harbor fall to the inland ruins,

a better answer quietly

blooms

Connecticut,

harbor of invention,

craft and courage in the same dimension

From the bench to the bedside, we carry it through

Biomedical repair with a promise to you

We test, we learn, we make it right

Mentors pass the lantern through the night

Connecticut,

hear the working band

Building tomorrow with a steady hand

From the shoreline workshop to the morning

sky

We repair,

we test, we teach, we try

Connecticut,

harbor of invention A

careful heart behind every

new direction