A Monument to the Automobile Age - Becket, MA
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neoc1
N 42° 15.519 W 073° 05.157
18T E 657876 N 4680268
Cairn to celebrate the opening of the Route 20 by-pass of the Jacob's Ladder Hill in Becket.
Waymark Code: WMCBKQ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2011
Views: 20
Jacob's Ladder Hill was a steep and treacherous section of the road through the Berkshire Hills. When the Route 20 by-pass was built, in 1920, automobile clubs from all over the northeast brought stones from their hometowns and erected a celebratory roadside cairn.
The original dry-laid structure was moved from across the street in 1930. In 1946, it was moved, once again, to its present site and set with mortar. The newest stone is a granite plaque placed on September 25, 2010 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Jacob's Ladder Trail - now U.S. Route 20.
Cairn Location: Roadside Cairn
Cairn Purpose: Other (please describe in description)
Type if different from above list: Opening of a highway to by-pass the Jacob's Ladder Hill
Types of rock: sandstone, granite
Cairn Condition: 
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