CCC Path To Oswego Lake

[Teegate]

I has to go to Oswego Lake today to help a friend solve some issues he has with finding a location, and while doing so I stopped in at the CCC bridge at Oswego. If you have never been there you should stop in sometime. I was there years back but can't find my photos so I took more while there this morning.

It seems obvious to me that when the CCC was working on Oswego Lake and doing other work in the area, they made a trail and the bridge to get from their camp nearby to the road at Oswego Lake. You can see the path on the 1951 aerials and see where another bridge of some sort was there for quite a few years afterwards.

The bridge today. The ends of the bridge actually have what appears to be granite stones on each end.

There was a building before the bridge and the water source pipe is still there.

The building in 1951

Blocking the building from anything hitting it were wooden posts in th ground around it with logs between them. Most of the logs are gone except for one or two. Multiple posts are still there.

The arrows point to the trail in 1951 and the green arrow points to a bridge that no longer is there.

The full trail from the CCC camp on the right to the road past the lake on the left.

 

[ecampbell]

Here it is from April 6, 2014. There is also some non-indigenous stonework near the lake in that area.

 

[Teegate]

Looking over the aerial again since coming home, my arrow pointing to the building is not where the building is. Maybe there was another one there as well and no traces of it are left.

 

[MuckSavage]

Thanks for bringing me to these places! I visited today, picked up trash & wish I brought a broom to sweep off the bridge & building floor!

 

[Teegate]

The reason I was there again recently is because at the end of that bridge where the path meets Oswego Lake is a special place for a man I know and explored with. He had not been there in a while and was not able to find it again. So I revisited it and took photos so he knew I had the correct place and I then gave him directions to it. He still is interested in me being there when he goes so I may be back soon and we can discuss old times. He has trouble walking and that is another reason I believe he wants me there.

As for the building floor, did you notice it appears people have been driving across it and have chipped away at the edge toward the back. At least that is how I see it so far. But it is well built and is holding its own. Quality work in my opinion.