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Dave: That would be one Eric Sloane--a fine author and artist who made it his calling to record folkways and technological methodologies from the past. I have his books in my library as well! Jerseyman

As I recall, the Foxfire series is up to volume 13 or 14. The series is a must for anyone wanting to understand folkways and the rise of rural technologies. The anecdotal style of presentation in these volumes make them a dream to read and you would be hard-pressed to gain the education that...

LARGO: Actually, a properly constructed brick and/or stone foundation is a substantial and solid base for attaching engines and/or machinery. When I worked on the Raritan & Delaware Bay Railroad Lakehurst locomotive shop archaeological excavation back in the mid-1980s, the stationary boiler...

Thanx, Guy! I've been away too long and its good to be back. I see some old friends are now posting messages here, so I must say "hello" to George (LARGO from Pestletown), who greeted me warmly on Sunday a week ago. Jerseyman

Folks: This is a very interesting discussion and I enjoyed reading each and every post. Based on the variety of foundations found, combined with documentary sources, you could begin to establish time periods for these foundations based on their construction technique. Portable sawmills have...

Absolutely! My intention of posting the manuscript map was to provide a yet another view from the nineteenth century. I thought others would find the communities and side roads of interest. To tell you the truth, I totally missed your descriptive text material that accompanied your map and it...

BobM: Sorry I did not mark the map to indicate Tuckerton Road--I just thought everyone would recognize it. Here is an annotated copy of the map that shows Tuckerton Road in red: If you have a modern Burlington County map, this road would begin at the western county line as County Route...

That would the former Malcolm Wells property at the end of Dale Avenue, just off of North Park Drive and Cuthbert Boulevard. His main office sits right at Cuthbert and Park, but there is a second, completely buried office building at the very end of Dale. The latter property is up for sale (I...

It is interesting to note that Toms River is one of only two unincorporated county seats in New Jersey, the other being Mays Landing in Hamilton Township, Atlantic County.

I deleted the old map and uploaded it at a higher rez. So, the first scan disappeared from the message above. I hope this scan is satisfactory at 150 dpi.

Here is a hand-drawn 1863 map of the Tuckerton Road passing through the Pines along with other roads and streams in the area: This colonial highway actually began in today's Cherry Hill near Haddonfield at the end of the Cooper's Creek Road. I hope this aids you in understanding the...