Cockaponset State Forest – Middlesex County CT

In operation from Dec. 9, 1933 to Jul. 30, 1941, C.C.C. Camp Filley conducted extensive development work in the Cockaponset State Forest in Middlesex County, Connecticut. Camp Hadley, Company #2101, also operated on this site, from Sept. 5, 1935 to Apr…. read more

Jericho Road – Haddam CT

Among the work undertaken by C.C.C. Camp Filley was “building 23 miles of truck trails including Jericho Road and Cedar Swamp Road.”

Fire Lookout Tower (no longer extant) – Haddam CT

The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) constructed a wooden fire lookout tower in Cockaponset State Forest. CTMQ.org: “We soon came upon the remains of an old CCC observation tower. Four large concrete blocks are pretty much all that remains but fifty years… read more