Had it not been for World War I and the Model T, the idea of putting a waterfall in our side yard probably would not have crossed our minds. Around 1910, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad planned to add a line from White Plains, New York, to Danbury, Connecticut. As part of the effort to construct a railroad bed, they carved through a particular Ridgefield, Connecticut, hillside, creating about 50 yards of level land and a cliff of sheer limestone 90 feet long and 17 feet high. But with the war threatening and more and more commuters driving instead of taking the train, they abandoned the idea.
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