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Bob: Nothin' wrong with being anal about such things. I did not show the clutch arrangement because that was located at the bottom of the vertical driveshaft where the shaft derived its power from the main wheel shaft. A wooden lever on the milling floor connected with the power supply...

Chris: While you could just go out and look for clay deposits along the stream banks, if you want to take a more scientific approach to your search, point a web browser at this URL: http://books.google.com/books?id=KVwMAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage or this one...

Sorry, Guy--I forgot that I had read that information previously. It is amazing that our serendipitous discussion of the mill operations occurred in such a timely fashion! Did you observe any remnants of milling on the Ives Branch? Best regards, Jerseyman

Gentlemen: Thank you for your kind words. Back in the 1990s, I spent a considerable amount of time researching John Hallock and his mill operations for a book that is yet to be released but should be out in the next 1-2 years. I presented a slide-illustrated paper on the subject at a...

Very nice trip and report, Gentlemen! Had you planned this excursion prior to the Ives Branch discussion or did that discourse provide the impetus for your exploration? Either way, you could not have had a better day for it!! Best regards, Jerseyman

Wow, Mark--you and I are truly kindred spirits that you should be reading Swank's great work!!! I have had that volume in my library for many years and it never fails to provide a piece of information that I might need about a particular ironworks. Having sections devoted to the various states...

The illegality of bloomeries is limited to the colonial era when the Crown required American colonists to buy all of their iron needs from the mother country instead of making their own. However, shipbuilders in the New World could not wait until a shipment of British iron fittings arrived, so...

Jim: John Hallock arrived in the Tuckerton area from New York about 1812 and purchased the Mordecai Andrews plantation on the west side of Tuckerton Creek. He began raising Palma Christa or, more properly Ricinus communis (castor plants) and, from the bean or seed, he manufactured castor oil...

Folks: South Jersey sandstone, a.k.a. ironstone, provided early settlers with a ready building material for foundations and whole houses such as the Walker Forge House and many others. The “quarries” for this stone consisted of simply removing the overburden of soil from a stone-bearing...

Mark: One of my favorite such maps is the one featuring that label (“Here be monsters”) in the Potomac River near the U.S. Capitol building! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Best regards, Jerseyman

I agree with you, Bob--it is very neat!! We had a discussion of the Pine Tree iconology on nineteenth-century maps almost exactly a year ago: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/showthread.php?t=3460&highlight=%22pine+trees%22 Best regards, Jerseyman

John111: If you are considering such an occupation and you plan to work around cadavers, you might consider becoming a devotee of the Grateful Dead!! Completely in jest, Jerseyman :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Mark: Yes, you are correct about the site of the millpond. Here is a view of the millpond and the twin headraces extending out from the millpond and the dam from the 1858 map: The eastern one powered the sawmill and the western one powered the gristmill. Note that the map does depict...

Guy: The amazing thing about the Cramer family cemetery is that the family itself owns the auto recyling center! How ironic is that!!!! :bang: You would think the family would be a little circumspect about where they placed their junkyard! :( So much for genealogy and family pride! Yes...

Russell: I think you will find that Relayer's name is NOT Barbara. Rather, Relayer employs a quote from Barbara Tuchman as their signature line! If Relayer wants to reveal their given name, I will leave that up to them. Best regards and respectfully, Jerseyman

Absolutely correct, German! The Pennsylvania Railroad and other eastern lines were famous for their cinder and clinker roadbeds!! The PRR produced a much higher quantity of this byproduct because they burned bituminous coal in their fireboxes. On the other hand, the Central Railroad of New...

Mark: Sorry to be so long responding to your reply--I finally finished up my killer project today!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: Let me tell you, getting only 4 or 5 hours of sleep a night for almost a month gets old real fast when you are working on an intensive documentation project!!!! So...

Mark: Bob is correct. Despite Thomas Gordon's map being the first accurate cartographic depiction of the New Jersey, it is not without problems, including the mislabeling of Ives Branch as Tub Mill Branch. The latter stream is actually the first unlabeled stream up the Wading River from the...

Mark: A tub mill is a very primitive mill that operated the run of grinding stones with a horizontal water wheel no larger than eight feet in diameter surrounded by a "tub," similar to more modern hydraulic turbines. The mill could operate on very little water and the direct drive technology...

Glad to do so Gabe--I thought the obituary would be of interest to some folks here. As George indicated, the camp name is based on the title of an old hymn: "Hallelujah! What A Savior!," written by prolific hymnist Philip P. Bliss for evangelist Dwight D. Moody in 1875. Best regards, Jerseyman