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Well, this is where Pearce presumably got his info on the locks from: Although Pierce does not explicitly claim that Samuel Richards built the locks...

Guy, was locks bridge destroyed by arson, or did the State purposely destroy it?

Incidentally, historic aerials show that the locks bridge was built sometime between 1957 and 1963. I'm guessing the State built it?

Looking forward to the upcoming album!

I know you can get the USGS topomaps at the Atsion station, and I imagine the same is true at Batsto.

Doh! Here is a post I made some time ago on the subject. I guess I never did find that reference to Read's construction of the locks. Ben, did you come across anything in your recent studies on Read?

Pastor Pinelands Paddler at your service.

Ben, I like your second suggestion.

Great article, Jerseyman, and a keen observation on your part in figuring that "Swimming-Over Point" was the likely site of the drownings that have long been attributed to the Batsto River at Quaker Bridge.

You sure do get around, Kevin. Great photos as usual.

Kevin, On pg. 34 of Heart of the Pines, John Pearce writes, "It was during this time of prosperity that Samuel Richards also built two forges on the rivers to the east of of Atsion. One of these was on the Atsion river about two and a half miles downstream. Here he actually built locks to raise...

Good thoughts, Kevin. The hand crank theory makes good sense.

Definitely interested, Mike. And thanks for keeping me in mind, Chris. I have a few kayaks to spare for the trip.

Al, there is a similar ditch located at "the Horseshoe" near the Forks of the Mullica: http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.633159014678384&lng=-74.65235710144043&z=17&type=h&gpx= I've been stumped by this. The ditch runs along the edge of the floodplain along the upland at the interior of...

That's quite the romantic imagination you have there, Alfie. But those ditches are curious, aren't they? Aside from the barrow pit on either side of the 1808 Road, every ditch in the swamp was most likely excavated for logging, but these ditches along the bottom of the dunes don't quite make...

The river will have the final say every time.

Kevin, I don't recall offhand where I got the information that there was a forge at the locks. I'll look into it and get back at ya.

German, When I visited the Tuckerton Seaport, I saw the sign next to Mordecai's homestead that states he had excavated a cave in a nearby gravel bank. I'm wondering where they got that information? Oral tradition? If I recall correctly, Leah Blackman claimed that the Andrews brothers, like...

Al, do you know exactly where this 12 ft void is/was?

There is a cave cut into a clayey sandstone formation at the bottom of the Mullica near Mordecai's Landing.