Birds-eye view of the Hairpin Turn with the remodeled Golden Eagle Restaurant.

ID: 509 ~ Creator: Courtesy of the North Adams Public Library.
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Birds-eye view of the Hairpin Turn with the remodeled Golden Eagle Restaurant.

This postcard provides an aerial view, showcasing the large amount of cars that used to used to travel on the Mohawk Trail. It also shows how sharp the Hairpin Turn is, and how careful one must be while driving on it, especially when it is as busy as it is here.

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By Drew Cutrufo
The Golden Eagle Restaurant, originally built in 1914, the year the road opened, is located on North Adams’ Hairpin Turn and is one of the oldest sites on the Mohawk Trail. For over a hundred years it has offered refreshments and warm meals to those…