Ski-Tow – West Portal CO

City:
West Portal, CO

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Winter Sports

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Started:
1939

Description

Bartlett, Texas’s Tribune and News noted in mid-1939 an “unusual” PWA-funded project being constructed in West Portal, Colorado — a ski-tow.

Source notes

"PWA Completes 481 Projects In Fifth Region"; The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 49, Ed. 1, Friday, August 25, 1939

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 7, 2014.

Location Info

West Portal, CO Montrose County

Coordinates: 38.4841529, -107.74366

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