Chronicle - Abandon New England

DateFebruary 4 1991

Can DescriptionsAircheck Chronicle Monday February 4 1991 Abandon New England

AbstractTitle: “Chronicle February 4, 1991, Abandoned New England”. Peter Mehegan hosts a Chronicle episode looking at abandoned objects and artefacts around New England. Show highlights train locomotives and a steamboat in the Allagash wilderness of Maine; the Mount Riga Ironworks in Connecticut; The wreaked Cape Cod target ship, the SS James Longstreet; a WWII era airplane crash; the Hansel and Gretel forest/the Crooked Forest of bent trees in Savoy, Massachusetts; Abandoned railroad tracks from the incomplete Grand Trunk Southern Line; and stone structures Mystery Hill/America’s Stonehenge in Salem, NH. Includes clips of interviews with Maine Guide Gil Gilpatrick, author William Robinson, author Noel W. Beyle, Elmer Costa, aviation archaeologist Larry Webster, park supervisor David Wood, President of the Boston and Maine Historical Society Karl Byron, and owner of Mystery Hill Robert Stone. Episode ends with a preview for an episode of Chronicle about job hunting. Includes advertisements for: Van de Kamp’s fish sticks, Toyota, New England Board of Higher Education, Pennzoil, Lipton, Fretter, Shaw’s, Tide, Downy, Mexico Tourism, News Center 5/ABC News, US Savings Bonds, New Hampshire Tourism, Paul Mitchell, Syms, Dimetapp, and Bank of New England.

OtherCredits: Written Photographer And Edited By: Art Donahue; Directed By: Bob Comiskey; Special Thanks To: Noel Beyle, Carl Byron, Elmer Costa, Marc Costa, Gil Gilpatrick, Bob Hakkila, James Kelly, Roger Rice, William Robinson, Robert Stone, Larry Webster, Dave Wood, Boston and Maine Railroad Historical Society, New Haven Railroad Historical & Technical Assn. Managing Editor: Susan Sloane, Producer: Chris Stirling; Executive Producer: Mark Mills; VP/Programming & Public Affairs: Paul LaCamer; Additional Closed Captioning Funding Provided By: Dunkin’ Donuts; Chronicle