Flying Stairs Rainbow Falls Watkins Glen State Park NY Vintage Postcard c1925

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This vintage postcard is featured in the essay, “A Tale of Two New Deals.” Read how Civilian Conservation Corps workers built the stone stairways, bridges, and walkways that still guide visitors through Watkins Glen’s narrow gorge today, work completed during the Depression era of the 1930s. The “flying stairs” at Rainbow Falls, suspended pathways built to withstand the gorge’s floods and winters. Full story: postedpast.com/2025/01/29/a-tale-of-two-new-deals/