- City:
- Chaplin, CT
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1934
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed Fernow Bridge, which spans the Natchaug River, in Eastport, Connecticut. The bridge was dedicated June. 4, 1934.
Source notes
Historical Museum of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Shenipsit State Forest: exhibit information
https://www.ct.gov/caes/lib/caes/documents/publications/special_bulletins/hawes_(2014)_ct_forest_history.pdf (accessed Mar. 2018)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 2, 2018.
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Evan Kalish
Good day. This Fernow Bridge is actually in Eastford, CT, not Eastport.
I’m happy to send you several photos of the bridge soon after construction, which we have in our town historical society records.
Oops — thanks, we’ve addressed the typo!