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Show us on the map where you are talking about?

Guy, I did. Why do you ask?

I think they didn't want to flood the swamps along the Batsto, perhaps for logging purposes.

That's a great thought. Maybe that was true in the past? It is not true now. Edit: Tides are higher now than in the past, but perhaps flooding coupled with a higher water table made the ditch necessary?

In either case, I stand by my other two conclusions. :)

Bob, I'm glad you challenged me on that. I shouldn't be so sure about this one. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think the road was probably there. The Van Sant shipyard dates back to pre-Revolution and may have been reached by way of that road.

Bob, I'm basing that conclusion on the fact that the berms on either side of the canal were cut through when they made the road.

It was left as is until the road went through.

https://boydsmaps.com/#17.00/39.633764/-74.649551/midatlidar/0.00/0.00 I've been trying to figure out the purpose of this ditch for a number of years now. I paid a visit to the location this past weekend and came to some conclusions: The ditch predates the road going through it. The ditch...

I knew a kid who went back there one night with a couple of friends and ended up getting a beat-down by a few hicks. This was the early 2000s.

Bob, why do you feel it would be a tragedy?

Where can we view the '97 USGS map?

Doesn't that law merely pertain to law enforcement officers, prosecuters and judges?

I'm thinking these are in fact beaver lodges.

Yeah. The mound. Have you been there?

And this here: https://boydsmaps.com/#21.00/39.686985/-74.693719/us3depShade1/0.00/0.00 hmmmm......

We've discussed forge slag and its high iron content on this site before, but while poking around Upper Hampton Forge the other day, I got to wondering why the forge slag wasn't brought back to the furnace to be used again.

Much sympathy, Piney Warden. Was this from the lone star tick?

Thinking out loud here... Perhaps there was a landowner with the last name Appleby or the such?