All,
In my ever constant search for information on the stones at Hampton Park (Hampton Furnace), I had the pleasure of traveling 180 miles today with Ted Gordon to visit Daryl Goodrich who's family owned Hampton Park until the state took it from them in 1964. When the legal battle was over and it was time to leave the property their family owned for almost 100 years, they cleaned house and took everything with them that they could. I would have to believe that most of the times that this occurs many if not all of these items disappear over the years as family dies off; however, this time is not one of them and you will be treated to a small glimpse of history that will not slip away.
I am proud to say I am now the owner of one of the R&W stones of Rider & Wilkinson. This marbel marker has the same features as the last one I found at Hampton Park. What is interesting is that this one does not have the period after the R.
These tool are from Hampton Park. The one in the front that looks like a cross is called a "dibble." The very bottom of this tool is curved and rounded, and when planting cranberries they would lay the vines out in the field and use the dibble to push them into the ground. The vines would then take root and grow. So if you ever are asked what a dibble is you now will know.
This next two engines were used in the packing house at Hampton. Sorry for the view but it was cramped there.
This is the Otto engine built sometime in the late 1880's that ran all of the machinery in the packing house. It was removed in pieces by Daryl just before the state took control of the place.
The drum that the belts turned or the drum that turned the belts. Either way you get the idea.
This bell was in the attic of the house that now has the cellar hole remains in the field. On the side of it is forged the date of 1886. One could assume that sometime in the past it was used to alert the workers in the field that it was time to start working or it was the end of the day.
The bell clapper.
Part of the engine again.
Hampton Park was part of the Eatmor co-op.
A wet grinder to sharpen the tools at Hampton. You had to crank it by hand.
The actual wooden cranberry barrels from Hampton. Some still have the wooden strap around it and some appear to have had them replaced with metal straps.
The pickers boxes. If you were a picker you were given one of these and the number on the side would allow them and yourself to know how many cranberries you picked for the day.
Ted brandishing one of the many hand scoops.
We were both given a few packing labels that was there along with packing boxes still unused.
This is a real treasure. This lamp was removed from the attic of the house with the cellar hole. It may have been used in years gone by at the packing house.
Ted holding one of the extra long rakes that we saw. He says they are quite unusual and may have been needed to reach down from the banks of the bogs.
This tank held the water to cool the Otto engine in the packing house.
The following are the deeds to the property from various dates in the 1880's. I was able to view and photograph the deed describing the location of all of the property stones. One even described the location of a stone from the "New House" built by Rider & Wilkinson. We are not certain if it was one of the houses in the field or it may have been a house that was reported to have been on the Roberts Branch (Skit) at one time.
You may have remembered in previous posts that I mentioned there were stones that seem to have been in the center of Carranza Road. Well, we now know they were R&W stones that either are still under Carranza (Tuckerton) road or were removed and long gone.
I have more info I will post below. Gibby...make sure you read it
Guy
In my ever constant search for information on the stones at Hampton Park (Hampton Furnace), I had the pleasure of traveling 180 miles today with Ted Gordon to visit Daryl Goodrich who's family owned Hampton Park until the state took it from them in 1964. When the legal battle was over and it was time to leave the property their family owned for almost 100 years, they cleaned house and took everything with them that they could. I would have to believe that most of the times that this occurs many if not all of these items disappear over the years as family dies off; however, this time is not one of them and you will be treated to a small glimpse of history that will not slip away.
I am proud to say I am now the owner of one of the R&W stones of Rider & Wilkinson. This marbel marker has the same features as the last one I found at Hampton Park. What is interesting is that this one does not have the period after the R.
These tool are from Hampton Park. The one in the front that looks like a cross is called a "dibble." The very bottom of this tool is curved and rounded, and when planting cranberries they would lay the vines out in the field and use the dibble to push them into the ground. The vines would then take root and grow. So if you ever are asked what a dibble is you now will know.
This next two engines were used in the packing house at Hampton. Sorry for the view but it was cramped there.
This is the Otto engine built sometime in the late 1880's that ran all of the machinery in the packing house. It was removed in pieces by Daryl just before the state took control of the place.
The drum that the belts turned or the drum that turned the belts. Either way you get the idea.
This bell was in the attic of the house that now has the cellar hole remains in the field. On the side of it is forged the date of 1886. One could assume that sometime in the past it was used to alert the workers in the field that it was time to start working or it was the end of the day.
The bell clapper.
Part of the engine again.
Hampton Park was part of the Eatmor co-op.
A wet grinder to sharpen the tools at Hampton. You had to crank it by hand.
The actual wooden cranberry barrels from Hampton. Some still have the wooden strap around it and some appear to have had them replaced with metal straps.
The pickers boxes. If you were a picker you were given one of these and the number on the side would allow them and yourself to know how many cranberries you picked for the day.
Ted brandishing one of the many hand scoops.
We were both given a few packing labels that was there along with packing boxes still unused.
This is a real treasure. This lamp was removed from the attic of the house with the cellar hole. It may have been used in years gone by at the packing house.
Ted holding one of the extra long rakes that we saw. He says they are quite unusual and may have been needed to reach down from the banks of the bogs.
This tank held the water to cool the Otto engine in the packing house.
The following are the deeds to the property from various dates in the 1880's. I was able to view and photograph the deed describing the location of all of the property stones. One even described the location of a stone from the "New House" built by Rider & Wilkinson. We are not certain if it was one of the houses in the field or it may have been a house that was reported to have been on the Roberts Branch (Skit) at one time.
You may have remembered in previous posts that I mentioned there were stones that seem to have been in the center of Carranza Road. Well, we now know they were R&W stones that either are still under Carranza (Tuckerton) road or were removed and long gone.
I have more info I will post below. Gibby...make sure you read it
Guy
