Unusual Things found when fishing.
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Re: Unusual Things found when fishing.
#42I came across several pairs on 20’ tall 8” angle iron imbedded along side a stream. An old timer told me they were used to form dams when the virgin timber was harvested in the valley around 1910. The loggers stacked boards between the angle iron and they dynamited the dam to move logs downstream to the next set.
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#43In 95, while bushwacking way downriver, in an area where the brush was so thick that access to the river was almost impossible, I found in a swale a totally rusted 40s Chevy pickup. A few years later I returned and it was no longer there.
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#44Fishing the East Walker River on the CA/NV border, I found a western oriole's nest made entirely of discarded spinning reel monofilament. Showed signs of having been successfully used, no bird entangled in it. Needless to say this does not justify abandoning scrap mono anyhow anyway.
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#45Speaking of discarded monofilament...while night fishing on a local stream, I was moving from one spot to another on a familiar path and took a bad tumble when entangled in a ball of monofilament. Broke a rod tip and bruised my knees on rocks. Still angry over that. I always pick up abandoned mono. Guess I didn't use the mono as successfully as your oriole, Mike.
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#46Well, I wasn't going to post this, but the number of posts has worn down my resolve. I found a pair of women's panties on the banks of the Escanaba River in the U.P. The fish must not have been biting.
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#47I've come across 5 iron furnaces while fishing here in the Laurel Highlands in SW Pennsylvania, here's 4 of them:
There were 16 in Westmoreland County (my home), and quite a few others in the surrounding counties. I've been to 9 of them, and intend to visit the others that are accessible.
Most operated during the early-1800s until about the Civil War. They're all build into hillsides (for loading from a gantry), and along streams for power. They typically employed about 50+ people and ran 24/7 until hardwood or ore supplies were exhausted.
http://www.oldindustry.org/Iron_Info/blast.jpeg
https://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2016/1 ... naces.html
There were 16 in Westmoreland County (my home), and quite a few others in the surrounding counties. I've been to 9 of them, and intend to visit the others that are accessible.
Most operated during the early-1800s until about the Civil War. They're all build into hillsides (for loading from a gantry), and along streams for power. They typically employed about 50+ people and ran 24/7 until hardwood or ore supplies were exhausted.
http://www.oldindustry.org/Iron_Info/blast.jpeg
https://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2016/1 ... naces.html
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#49Greg Reynolds wrote: ↑01/13/21 14:31I've come across 5 iron furnaces while fishing here in the Laurel Highlands in SW Pennsylvania, here's 4 of them:
There were 16 in Westmoreland County (my home), and quite a few others in the surrounding counties. I've been to 9 of them, and intend to visit the others that are accessible.
Most operated during the early-1800s until about the Civil War. They're all build into hillsides (for loading from a gantry), and along streams for power. They typically employed about 50+ people and ran 24/7 until hardwood or ore supplies were exhausted.
http://www.oldindustry.org/Iron_Info/blast.jpeg
https://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2016/1 ... naces.html
Wondering if you have hunted for slag leavings at any of the sites? Beautiful greens, blues and browns.
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#50There are several of those iron furnaces in the Harriman State Park in southeastern New York. I recall running across them as a young kid hiking the area when my parents sent me to summer camp up there.
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#52JHuskey: I know about the slag, but haven't looked for any yet. It's present at three of the furnaces above.
Eric: A link to one of the Harriman furnaces : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove_Fur ... a_view.jpg
Crowebeetle: I'd forgotten about Centre Furnace; I've seen it many times in the past. Three of our four daughters are Penn State graduates, and we've spent a fair amount of time (and money) there: https://www.paesta.psu.edu/sites/defaul ... 8_2013.jpg
Eric: A link to one of the Harriman furnaces : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove_Fur ... a_view.jpg
Crowebeetle: I'd forgotten about Centre Furnace; I've seen it many times in the past. Three of our four daughters are Penn State graduates, and we've spent a fair amount of time (and money) there: https://www.paesta.psu.edu/sites/defaul ... 8_2013.jpg
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#53Yep, there’s one on ( now) Columbia Univ Property in Arden, just across the Thruway from the good old Ramapo River.Eric Peper wrote: ↑01/13/21 17:04There are several of those iron furnaces in the Harriman State Park in southeastern New York. I recall running across them as a young kid hiking the area when my parents sent me to summer camp up there.
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#55All of those I saw were well back in the woods . . . along with ruins/remnants of the old Underground Railroad paths.
A mountain is a fact -- a trout is a moment of beauty known only to men who seek them
Al McClane in his Introduction to The Practical Fly Fisherman . . . often erroneously attributed to Arnold Gingrich
Al McClane in his Introduction to The Practical Fly Fisherman . . . often erroneously attributed to Arnold Gingrich
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#56Another blast furnace located at the trailhead to the high peaks in the Adirondacks. Found some slag close by when fishing the upper Hudson River. Some real interesting history https://scenesfromthetrail.com/2017/09/ ... dack-park/
Including a long standing private reserve known for some large brook trout. Eric P. May have known some members during his long tenure editing in the big city.
Including a long standing private reserve known for some large brook trout. Eric P. May have known some members during his long tenure editing in the big city.
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#57Thanks for posting this...
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