Betts wrote:
I know this place. ❤️ Watkins Glen, less than an hour’s drive. The gorge trail has 832 stone steps altogether and the work is as marvelous as the view. From the website: “Much of the stonework in Watkins Glen State Park was completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps, which was active in the park from 1935 to 1941. They built park buildings, trails, stonework, bridges, and many other projects.”
So, not only beautifully designed, but built using 1930s equipment and technology. Amazing.
Wow, the CCC. I knew they did a bunch of public works projects, but had no idea of the broader scope of their work. That Corps. was a wonderful, inspired undertaking, and one of the most ambitious governmental programs ever, keeping people occupied and employed during a terribly dark era for the USA , and the remainder of the world as well.