. Summer homes among the mountains on the Central New England railway ... and pxturesque. The engineis toiling arduously up a steep grade, through deep rock cuts,by the side of a precipitous gorge through which flows the tur-bulent Mad river We rush through thick woods and now weare at the summit, the highest point in the route and the high-est point reached by a railroad in Connecticut. Another mileand we have reached Norfolk, the most noted mountain resortin the State. Soon we are rushing down the grade from Norfolk towardCanaan. Beautiful, indeed, is the panorama which is spread outbefore u
. Summer homes among the mountains on the Central New England railway ... and pxturesque. The engineis toiling arduously up a steep grade, through deep rock cuts,by the side of a precipitous gorge through which flows the tur-bulent Mad river We rush through thick woods and now weare at the summit, the highest point in the route and the high-est point reached by a railroad in Connecticut. Another mileand we have reached Norfolk, the most noted mountain resortin the State. Soon we are rushing down the grade from Norfolk towardCanaan. Beautiful, indeed, is the panorama which is spread outbefore us ; high hills everywhere, fashioned in the most variedstyles, and covered with hardy growths of wood. Now we aremoving along the side of a high elevation, at our feet lies the pic-turesque valley of the Blackbury river, in the west rises the blueTaconic range. We are now nearing the famous Fill. Herethe road describes a great curve in the form of a perfect horse-shoe, and now we pass out from the wild grandeur of the hillsinto the more open country of East Canaan. 10. This section of the road, as far as Miilerton, is of great in-dustrial value, as this region produces the finest grade of pigiron on the market. Lime is also produced in large quantities,and it is from this locality that marble was obtained to buildthe beautiful State house at Hartford The swiftly moving train allows us to take only a passingglance at this beautiful region. Crossing the romantic Housa-tonic which comes rolling down from the glorious rock-ribbedBerkshires, we skirt the blue Twin Lakes, roll out into a levelcountry and are soon passing over the inexhaustible ore beds ofSalisbury, a land in which the air we breathe is charged withlife giving iron. Riding rapidly along we near Miilerton. Near-by standsMount Riga, with its wonderful caves bathed in weird legendsand romance. Leaving the highlands at Boston Corners we enter a peace-ful pastoral country composed of fertile meadows and rich graz-ing land
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