Returning To The Wescoat Bog Area...a PBX Hike
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Bob,
The Harrisville area is really neat, and I've barely poked around there at all. I think you've got a good idea there.
No, I wasn't referring to Beck. I haven't found any mention of New Pond in any of Beck's books and articles, have you? Do you have a copy of Iron in the Pines by Pierce? That is where I got the confused ideas from.
The Harrisville area is really neat, and I've barely poked around there at all. I think you've got a good idea there.
No, I wasn't referring to Beck. I haven't found any mention of New Pond in any of Beck's books and articles, have you? Do you have a copy of Iron in the Pines by Pierce? That is where I got the confused ideas from.
Sorry, I was wrong. It is Aurthur Pierce. Its the first photo in the section in the middle of the book that has photos. I'd like to see that pond.
Ya know, Bob, I suppose it's possible that Ball did dam the creek at the same location that the 1895 dam was built. Maybe the photos in Heart of the Pines are not of the construction of New Pond Dam, but rather the "re-construction"? I don't have my copy of Iron in the Pines with me at the time. What else does Pierce say about it?
On page 128:
"During this period (1780's) Ball dammed the Atsion River to form what is now called "New Pond" and appears on old maps as "Joseph Ball's New Pond". It is the second of the three lakes at Batsto, lying between Batsto Pond and Forge Pond. The dam has been out for some years. No records have been found to indicate the purpose to which Joseph Ball put this particular source of waterpower"
Aurthur D. Pierce...."Iron in the Pines"...Rutgers University Press.
Yeah, I consulted Peirce when I got to my Dad's today. Now that I've thought about it some more, I'm inclined to believe that Pierce is right and that a new dam was simply constructed in the same location 100 years after Ball originally dammed the stream. I can't know for sure just yet...
Either way its gone, right? Lost to history under Batso Lake? Lets ask them to drain the lake so's we can explore.
No, Bob, New Pond dam was on the Mullica just above present day route 542. We should do a paddle this summer and I'll show you the area.
Whoops. I got confused when Pierce mentioned Batsto and Lake in his paragraph.
Bob said:
I am in disbelief still, but the New Pond can be seen in the 1930's aerial photos from the NJDEP site. The dam burst in the early thirties, so these photos must have been taken just in time! Thank goodness. I'm in heaven now.
Thank you, Scott, for turning us on to this.
I am in disbelief still, but the New Pond can be seen in the 1930's aerial photos from the NJDEP site. The dam burst in the early thirties, so these photos must have been taken just in time! Thank goodness. I'm in heaven now.
Thank you, Scott, for turning us on to this.
Send a link! Does cut and paste work? If not, use topozone for the area, then I'll find it.
I haven't found a way to cut and paste it nor a way to send it as a link. I think it's time for me to take Computer 101.