Hairpin Turn, circa 1950s.

ID: 512 ~ Source: Courtesy of the North Adams Public Library.

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This postcard offers a view from the road. This perspective allows one to fully see how tall the watchtower was. It is almost double the size of the two-story restaurant, and takes almost five sets of stairs to reach the top

This file appears in: Hairpin Turn/Golden Eagle Restaurant

Hairpin Turn/Golden Eagle Restaurant

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…