Another lost area in Concord NH?

bobbutts

I saw this marker for old ski tow on this map of Winant Park in Concord. It's definitely not Russel's pond or Snow Pond so I guess there's nothing about it on the Nelsap site. Anyone know anything about this tow?

PDF I got the screen cap from is at https://5rct.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Map-21-Winant-Park_revised.pdf

millerm277

At least one comment on Google suggests it was tied to St. Paul's School. Given the the past land ownership, that makes sense.

With how much they like their history, I'd assume they've got records and archives about it if the city doesn't.

NELSAP

A reader sent me this from the plaque at that site (needs to be added to NELSAP)

"The wheel rims you see in the trees are not a result of a major car accident but were part of a rope ski tow that operated here in the early 1960's. St. Pauls School was looking for a place for their ski team to practice. The Winants offered to allow the students to ski on the open slopes (now covered with trees). The rope tow - connected to a Model T chassis -- was installed and pulled the ski team up the hill for their practice runs. This ski tow and slope were short lived. St. Paul's School soon found Gunstock as their practice area and the rope tow here was abandoned."