- City:
- Winchester, MA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Paths and Trails, Sanitation and Water Disposal
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1938
Description
Description of a W.P.A. project undertaken in 1938:
“Middlesex Fells Reservation, Winchester Section; to widen, drain and grade three miles of bridle trails. The trails to be for equestrian, police patrol, fire control and maintenance use.”
The Winchester section is the far western portion of the park.
Source notes
"Annual report of the Metropolitan District Commission," by Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission (1937 volume; pg. 21)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 12, 2018.
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