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Columbia Greenway Rail Trail

Columbia Greenway Rail Trail

Friends of the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail – External LINK and their MAP

Wojtkiewicz Park

Wojtkiewicz Park if named after Frank Wojtkiewicz son of Joseph Wojtkiewicz. Frank was killed on board the USS Arizona. His body has never been recovered.

Honolulu Monument – FINDAGRAVE

Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery (Agawam) – cenotaph at FINDAGRAVE

USS Arizona Memorial – FINDAGRAVE

Westfield River

Westfield River is 78 miles long as its flows through Massachusetts. WIKIPEDIA

Great River Bridge

Great River Bridge – West is from 1939. It is made by Bethlehem Steel.

Great River Bridge – East is from 2009.

Pioneer Valley Railroad Bridge over Westfield River

Pioneer Valley Railroad Bridge over Westfield River is from 1910. It was made by the Boston Bridge Works. It is a Warren truss bridge. It is now part of the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail (LINK).

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Bridge number 60.36

Chicopee Memorial State Park

Chicopee Memorial State Park

Cooley Brook Reservoir

Reservoirs were built there in 1893 and September 8 1927. The first dam had to replaced in 1914 due to a major breach. These were drinking water sources for Chicopee. The first reservoir held 5 million gallons in all. The Cooley Brook Reservoir was the second drinking water reservoir of Chicopee after the Abbey Reservoir. The CCC did projects there in the 1930s including trails and bridges.

EXTERNAL LINK to the modern state park

TRAIL MAP from the state park service

The city of Chicopee has an old picture of the reservoir. LINK

The Cooley Brook runs from the NE into Chicopee Reservoir and then into Lower Reservoir. The dams are in the SW of each. There are wetlands along the upper Cooley Brook area where there is also bird watching.