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I'm not happy about these closures either, but let's not be unreasonable. The locks bridge area will not further be erased due to the lack of vehicular traffic. I also don't like summertime hiking in the Pines for the reasons you listed, which is why I reserve that activity for the other seasons.

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Perhaps you're right. Battles need to be chosen prudently. Why raise a ruckus about ORV use in an abandoned mining site such as this one?

I'd like to see an updated map of permissible roads

Woodjin wouldn't know anything about walking in the woods. Would ta, Woodjin? How much would you want for the Hornbeck?

Too bad about closing the road along the Skit. Nice kayak access back there.

Cider ain't beer, guy. Just saying. (;

Would this country have maintained its independence without Batsto? https://gabrielcoia.bandcamp.com/track/batstow-village

Looks like a trip to Woodbury is in order.

The advertisement that mentioned the intersection of Quaker Bridge Rd. and Middle Rd. was for the sale of the tract that included the area we call "locks bridge". It was the Sleepy Mill tract advertisement that mentioned Shinn. My best guess is that this tavern on Egg Harbor Road was indeed the...

This would be "Middle Road".

No idea at all. I'm intrigued.

Mine too. I just finished writing a recording a song about this special place: https://gabrielcoia.bandcamp.com/track/the-atsion-lock

"Also the ruins and iron work of an old sawmill..." Iron work?? Help me out here.

I'd like to figure out whereabouts the buildings stood. What an eye-opening collection of ads you found there!

I'm inclined to think that 1782 advertisement was for the Sleepy Mill tract. Good work, Jim.

Fantastic find, Jim!

Ed, we're looking at 1799 for this particular legal battle between Atsion and Batsto. I'm not sure what sort of lock we're looking at. A flash lock, as opposed to a pound lock, seems to make more sense, given William Richards' complaint.

Ed, tell me what exactly is throwing you off. Let's get to the bottom of it all.

Yes, Ed, that's the location of the Atsion lock. Here's what we know: The dam and lock was originally constructed by John Estelle around 1765. The dam was rebuilt in 1792 by the Atsion Co. They also constructed a new lock. Whether or not another mill was ever rebuilt there is unknown. I'd...