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Guy: Indeed, the speeders featured in the article that Mark posted are remarkably similar to the ones used in the run from Atsion to Sleeper Branch and then back north above the Batsto. We hacked and sawed our way south, but then had a fairly smooth trip running north after “flagging” Route...

Folks: For those of you interested in the history and the legal chain of title for the Weymouth Tract and the Martha Tract, you may wish to read through this book beginning at page 306: http://tiny.cc/qDL5J A fascinating story, to be sure! Best regards, Jerseyman P.S. I will...

Ben: Cinder blocks and concrete blocks, although quite different in appearance, are both classified as CMUs or Concrete Masonry Units. Cast rock-faced or decorative concrete blocks first began to appear in the 1890s and became very popular in the teens and twenties of the twentieth century...

Gabe: That is really good information from Beck and I am glad you found it!! It sounds just like what you found. However, I still say it makes no sense whatsoever to take iron that had been processed through the furnace and throw it along the riverbank instead of recycling it back into the...

Right you are, Ben—although if the Ranger Stations are still selling current topos for $5 a sheet, that is real bargain!!!! The maps that I have for sale are all historic in nature, ranging from original nineteenth-century NJGS Atlas Sheets to the original series of 15-minute USGS topo quads...

Folks: While this is NOT truly about the Pine Barrens, it is a great demonstration that you do not have to be out in the New Jersey woods to encounter these little buggers!! :argh: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080708/NEWS/80708056/1001/NEWS Best regards...

:siren: :siren: I see a highjacking in progress here—somebody call the FBI!! :siren: :siren: Best regards, Jerseyman

Most excellent news, Mark!! Thank you for following up and letting us know what the refuge had to say about the bird’s health and status. :) :) :) Best regards, Jerseyman

Well, Ben, you’ve got a pretty good start on such a history in the Davis Grove thread! And there are other sources available—both on the ’net and in books and reports. Time is always the great problem!! Best regards, Jerseyman

Ben: Actually, a very interesting site and one that has really helped me in my professional work over the years. There are other road websites out there that have similar content for the later part of the twentieth century. All of these websites provide a great service and contain good...

Gabe: Here is an excerpt from The Trail of the Blue Comet concerning the Torrey charcoal railroad: Iron making at Manchester probably ended around 1836 or 1837. Some remains of the furnace were supposed to have been visible as late as the 1860s, but if so, they were probably removed soon...

Ben: On a model kit or other plastic casting, flash is the super thin flat plastic—often with an irregular edge—attached to the sprue or castings. It stems from the liquid plastic molding material that managed to work its way into the split between the two mold sections during the...

That is certainly a possibility, Gabe, but I would have to take a look at them to make sure in my own mind. For those not familiar with foundry practice, when you ram up a sand mold for a casting, you use a two-part casting flask consisting of a cope and a drag. The two parts of the flask split...

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :mrgreen: Best regards, Jerseyman

Ben: Some of it went to the Burlington County Historical Society and I presume the Lumberton Historical Society may have a piece or two. Some, I think, went to the NJ State Museum and to Batsto, but I understand a considerable number of the recovered pigs “wallowed” into private...

Ben: I have copies of logs and journals from flatboat operators—including one that regularly navigated Big Timber Creek—but I have not seen any records related to moving iron on the Mullica. A pity, to be sure! I tend to agree with you, Ben, and I suspect that a portion of a casting...

Gabe: I have never located a map depicting the route of the old Torrey Railroad. However, it is discussed in some detail in the text of The Trail of the Blue Comet (page 14). If you do not own the book, let me know and I will transcribe and post a portion of the book here. Best regards...

Gabe: Tell me more about these timbers. For instance, what is the width and depth of the wood (6x8 or 10x12 or what?)? Also, prior to Van Schiock constructing his milldam, I presume the streams remained tidal right up to Randolph’s dam—is that correct? If so, I suspect the wood stretching...

Congrats, Jimbo, on the new vehicle!! Driving a Liberty on the 4th of July—what could be better than that!!!! :) :) :) Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: Maybe I’m getting old, but I have decided not to attend the parade in town today. Instead, I am spending a quiet day at home, reflecting on the incredible and sometimes tumultuous history of the United States of America. No matter what path our history has taken the nation down, we are...