The City of Lebanon and FNRT have finished putting up railings on the bridge just west of the tunnel under Hanover Street. It looks great! The current phase of the project, which should be completed in 2014, includes development and completion of the path through the downtown tunnel near Lebanon College, as well as the…
When: December 1, 10:00 am Where: CCBA/Witherell Ctr Meeting Room 1 Taylor St Lebanon, NH 03748 603.448.6477 Agenda: After 16 years, are we done? – a report. If so, should FNRT direct its future efforts and funding resources to assisting the City in implementing the Mascoma River Greenway / Northern R.T. extension? 2013 Maintenance…
Planning for the 2013 Recreational Trails Program Grant – What Would You Like to See? Over the years RTP grants have been the major source of trail building and maintenance for our rail trail. Now that more than 80% of the 23 miles in Grafton Co. has been resurfaced and all bridges replaced or repaired,…
We continue to track down the missing Grafton Co. mile markers and – as of two days ago – we have the best lead ever. A former B&M exec. referred me to Roger Bergeron of Pan-Am Railways – aka Guilford, B&M, etc. – who supervised the salvage operation back in the ’90s. If he doesn’t…
I was out for my afternoon walk today after a 10 day layoff, about a quarter mile west of Beaver Point I came across this new bench! wish I knew who to thank for this welcome rest stop. can’t tell you much except that it must have been installed within the last 2 weeks, as…
Replacement of the Height of Land Bridge railing was done by: Dick Mackay, Ken Warren, Dick Corr, Ann Corr, Linda Zoller-McKibbin and Jim Chenoweth
The site is Height of Land Rd. in Grafton, just before Tewksbury Pond. The date Friday June 15 It’s a small bridge and should be a quick, but buggy railing job. Because of the location materials will be loaded on my truck and delivered to the site using a gate. ** 6-6-12 volunteers needed to do some…
here are a couple of quick videos of the Enfield project. Many thanks to Ken Warren and Dick Mackay!
these videos will be migrated to the Enfield page and can be found on our Youtube channel also
Starting on May 3rd, Just West of the Main St. overpass in Enfield crews will be grading and resurfacing the rail trail. New hard park gravel will be added to firm up and improve drainage of the trail between Main St. and Bridge St. Similar to what was done last Summer in Enfield behind the…
Erected during the days of steam c.1900, the markers announced the distances northbound to WRJ – White River Jct. – and southbound to B – Boston Many remain in Merrimack Co. where they have been recently repainted. But here in Grafton Co. most disappeared in the mid 1900’s when the abandoned corridor became the Northern…
