Founded by Harvey Gibson in 1937 Cranmore Mountain Resort opened as a winter ski area. Its a year round operation with the addition of the adventure park including the Soaring Eagle zip line, summer tubing, the Giant Swing and the Mountain Coaster. Cranmore's coaster travels 1,300 feet up and 2,400 feet down with winding turns and spirals sure to thrill.
The Saco River Covered Bridge is 224ft 9 inches long and 30ft 4 inches wide over the Saco River. It was built by in 1890 by Charles and Frank Broughton. It is one of only a handful of covered bridges in the state.
Originally built in 1957 but last renovated in 1994 Alumni Stadium can hold 44,500 people to watch the Boston College Eagles dominate the football filed. Shea Field is a baseball statudium that holds 1,000 people and is named after Commander John Joseph Shea USN, a former football player at Boston College.
Boston College's signature building, Gasson Tower, originally opened in 1913 and was returned to pristine form for Boston College’s 150th anniversary celebration in 2012. It provides modern and spacious classroom, study and administrative facilities to the college. It feature a 200ft bell tower and is a seminal example of Collegiate Gothic architecture in North America.
Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse, also known as Saybrook Outer Lighthouse, sits at the end of the 2,750 east breakwater marking the entrance to the Connecticut River. The lighthouse was completed in 1886 and automated in 1959. In 1988 the original Fresnel lens was removed and replaced with a modern 300mm optic with a 1,000 watt bulb.
The Bourne Bridge in Bourne, Massachusetts, carries Route 28 across the Cape Cod Canal. The Sagamore Bridge carries Route 6 across the Cape Cod Canal. Both bridges connect Cape Cod with the rest of Massachusetts. The bridges were constructed beginning in 1933 by the Public Works Administration for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates both the bridges and the canal. Both bridges carry four lanes of traffic over a 616 feet main span, with a 135 feet ship clearance. They opened to traffic on June 22, 1935.
The Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts is an artificial waterway connecting Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south. Since 1928 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has been responsible for the operations of the Canal. 14,000 commercial and recreational vessels transit the 17.5 mile waterway each year.
