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| Enosburg Falls, Vermont, September, 1941, Jack Delano, FSA-OWI Collection, Library of Congress |
I spent several days in Vermont over the past week visiting with family. There were two outings that were tangentially related to railroads that I want to share. We had dinner in Enosburg Falls one evening with a family member who resides there. It is a quaint smallish town near the Canadian border with typical New England charm. It still has a town green/square (Lincoln Park) that even featured an orchestra playing favorites from film as part of an outdoor evening concert. Back in the day, the town was on the Central Vermont's Richford Branch (named the Missisquoi [sic] Branch on the Sanborn map) to Richford. It is as bucolic a modeling subject as your mind conjures. There's even some dude in Virginia modeling the branch! [Marty's blog contains all the details] Many of the bones of the line are still there, albeit as paved rail trails and heavily modified structures. It's an interesting walk into the past nonetheless if you squint and imagine.
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New England Dairies, Enosburg Falls, Vermont, September, 1941, Jack Delano, FSA-OWI Collection, Library of Congress
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| Enosburg Falls Sanborn map, illustrating the area from the photo at top of the page, circa 1920 |
The other railroad-related outing was a walk with my wife on the Lake Champlain causeway. The causeway was created in 1901 to span Lake Champlain from Colchester to South Hero Island, Vermont (north of Burlington). There was a bridge, as well, that is now gone, replaced by in season ferry service to span the 200-foot gap in the causeway. Today, it's a path used by tons of cyclists and a smaller number of walkers/hikers.  |
| There's an avian critter (Great Blue Heron) in the angle formed by the tree's trunk and the large stone |
