(Meredyth Babcock photo ) CHESTER –The first cluster of stone arch railroad bridges ... Western Massachusetts, elements of the first mountain railroad in the world. The magnificent Keystone ...

In 1841, the Western Railroad opened the first rail trail to cross Massachusetts. A series of 10 keystone arch bridges were constructed. The Taconic Hiking Club will visit three of these bridges in a ...

The project began earlier this fall during social-studies class, with students learning about keystone ... bridges, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and visiting the ...

CHESTER, Mass. (WWLP) – The U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Park Service (NPS) has approved the Western Railroad Stone Arch Bridges and Chester Factory Village Depot as National ...

Fire crews in Chester ... closed bridges adding minutes to response times. “For somebody who’s waiting on the fire department or an ambulance to arrive, a minute means a lot,” Keystone ...