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Kevin: Sorry, but I missed this query first time around. The following information may not answer all of your questions, but I can address how pits and quarries handled water in the past. The control of infiltrating water in mines and quarries has been a challenge since man first broke the...

Mark: Yes sir—steam-powered drilling rigs became quite common in both water and oil well construction. Here is a typical rig used in fieldwork: While different companies manufactured these rigs, they all possessed similiar functionality and technology. Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: Here is a great natural description of the Pine Barrens from 1908: Extracted from the PROCEEDINGS of the Delaware County Institute of Science, Vol. III, No. 3, April 1908, page 114-123. THE PINE LANDS—THEIR FLORA AND FAUNA. BY SARAH C. HILLMAN. (Of the Haddonfield Natural...

Thank you, Tom! Your information, along with the previous postings in this thread, is exactly why I go to the trouble of providing the posts that I do. I am not looking for accolades; my only rationale is to provoke a discussion and to foster other people to conduct some research on their own...

Tom: It appears the caboose with no side windows is from the Central Railroad of New Jersey—is that correct? Oh, and to be proper in your nomenclature, you should refer to any such Pennsylvania Railroad equipment as a “cabin car” and not a caboose. BTW, if you have several of these cars...

Folks: I was not sure in what forum to place this text, so I chose the “Ghost Towns and Forgotten Places” forum for lack of better location. I may extract some additional text from this book in the future. Extracted from Historical Collections of New Jersey: Past and Present: Containing a...

Dear Friends: I wish for each of you to have the finest year of your life in 2010! We know not what the future holds, but with expectations full of hope and optimism, we will charge into the New Year to seek and to grasp all the opportunities that might come our way! Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: Sorry for the long delay in responding to this query, but what you find below has literally taken me many hours of research and writing, which I have had to intersperse with my regular work. I hope you find the information interesting as you read through it. The Story of Quaker...

Guy: I sent Tom an email not long after I posted this story, so I suspect he may be along sooner or later. Glad you enjoyed the read! Best regards, Jerseyman

Bob: Thanks for the suggestions; great minds think alike!! I sent Ben an email a week or two ago offering up any and all of my recent postings for use on the front page. As an alternative, if Ben wants to set up a separate forum for my material, that would be fine, too. However he would...

Folks: Here is great mid-nineteenth-century trip through the Pines with wonderful descriptions of what the area looked like at that time. Mention is made of sailing into Toms River and “Mr. Neil” and his clay and this would be Harry Neall of Union Clay Works fame. Also note the great...

Thanks, Bob! Sometimes the type is smeared on these entries and it is a little hard to read, so I always appreciate any corrections. I have so edited my text above based on your direction and re-checking the original source. Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: Here is another historical trip for those of you into botany: FROM THE FRIEND, SEVENTH-DAY, EIGHTH MONTH 2, 1890, P. 3. FOR THE FRIEND. Brown’s Mills. When at Glassboro, on our return from a visit to the marl pits of the West Jersey Company, as described in THE FRIEND a week...

Glo: No, this is the only chapter related specifically to the Pines. But I continue to seek out other texts to post here! Best regards, Jerseyman

Tom: Really? I can’t imagine who that would be?!?!?!?! :ninja: Jerseyman

Tom: As someone who has worked in a museum setting during his career, I would urge you to have Karl and the folks there reconsider their paint-scheme ideas. Now please don’t tell my fellow Pennsy aficionados that I wrote this, but having an all-PRR train could prove to be rather boring. I...

oji, et al.: The Pullman-Standard Company constructed this boxcar, hence the “PS 1.” This car firm turned out this model of car by the tens of thousands, making it a ubiquitous fixture upon America’s railroad system. Glad to see it arrived; does the museum plan to restore the original paint...

Folks: At Bob’s request, here is the story titled Between the Lupin and the Laurel. This version is the one published in Scribner’s Magazine and I have included the four illustrations that accompanied the original article. I hope you enjoy the read and will have some fun determining the real...

Scott: I received that regifted box of chocolates and was saddened to see most of the bottoms pushed in by someone seeking a particular flavor! :cry: I’m glad you are enjoying these texts! Merry Christmas to you and yours. :) Best regards, Jerseyman

Bob: I do have Henry van Dyke’s Between the Lupin and the Laurel. He first prepared this text as a story in his book Days Off and Other Digressions, published by Charles Scribner. Since Scribner also published Scribner’s Magazine, the editors selected Between the Lupin and the Laurel to be...