Originally Posted by
northbend
Timberline Lodge was built during the Depression. Nearly everything hand crafted on site. Stone cutters, blacksmiths carpenters and artisans put to work as a part of the "New Deal". A really amazing place.
Looks like it was a great ride. Thanks for sharing that with us.
On the topic of that old lodge, I am often in awe of the work that was done by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Civil Works Administration (CWA) and similar programs which built many structures, roads, airports, schools, national parks, state parks and other things that were critical to our infrastructure at that time and many of which are still in use to this very day. It is pretty impressive when we think about it in that context. If we had depended on private industry to give us these things we now take for granted, I seriously doubt they would exist today and we'd be the poorer for it.