"David Bushnell's ‘Infernal Machine'" will be the subject of an illustrated talk at the Plainville Historic Center, 29 Pierce St., tonight, April 15, at 7 p.m. Bushnell, of Saybrook, invented the world's first fully operational submarine, the American Turtle, at the time of the American Revolution. The event is being sponsored by the Plainville Historical Society.

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Illustration courtesy of the Connecticut River Museum

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The Connecticut River Museum, located in Essex, displays a model of the first U.S. submarine used during the Revolutionary War.