Small Then & Now: Allaire / Howell Iron Works

[Ben Ruset]

Here's a small then & now. I had to watch my daughter all day, so I took the day off of work and went to Allaire State Park. I took a bunch of photos, but here's some then and now's that people might like.

I also got a small case of chiggers!!! They mow all of the grass there. Nobody is safe from these things.

General Store, 2008

General Store, 1930-ish

Furnace Stack, 2008

Furnace Stack, 1930-ish

 

[pinelandpaddler]

Good stuff, Ben. Did you poke around the Manasquan floodplain?

 

[james ungehajer]

I always like those then and now photos for a comparison, i wonder what make car that is in the then photo, imagine taking a ride in that.

Jim

 

[Ben Ruset]

Good stuff, Ben. Did you poke around the Manasquan floodplain?

No -- I had Dana with me, and I was afraid she's get dirty/bit by bugs and Laura would yell at me.

I always like those then and now photos for a comparison, i wonder what make car that is in the then photo, imagine taking a ride in that.

Jim

I bet it's either a Ford or Buick.

 

[GermanG]

Always nice to see Allaire pics. That's where I took my wife-to-be on our first date. Walked the trail, visited the village and rode the train!

 

[Teegate]

Well at least the "Now" photo's look better than the "Then" photo's. It usually is the other way around. Nice post Ben!

Guy

 

[Ben Ruset]

Interestingly enough, the then photos were taken by Nat Ewan, arch nemesis to Henry Beck.

 

[Boyd]

Nice photos Ben!

This time of year, when I see a grassy area I stay away. Chiggers just love that stuff.

 

[Ben Ruset]

Nice photos Ben!

This time of year, when I see a grassy area I stay away. Chiggers just love that stuff.

Well, I mean it was mowed, like your lawn would be.

 

[MarkBNJ]

Well, I mean it was mowed, like your lawn would be.

Exactly. That's why I stay away from my lawn in the summer. My wife never believed me, but now I will point her to this thread.

 

[Boyd]

Well, I mean it was mowed, like your lawn would be.

The last time my lawn was mowed was... maybe sometime in late June?

But honestly, I don't think it matters. Obviously you have less contact with short grass, but I think the chiggers are still there. Even when I have mowed my lawn, I've gotten chigger bites by just walking 20 feet across it.

But my yard is more like a small clearing surrounded by woods, so it's not quite the same as a suburban lawn I guess. Mowed or not, I keep off the grass this time of year unless I'm wearing my treated pants and socks.

 

[Boyd]

Exactly. That's why I stay away from my lawn in the summer.

Yeah, that's why I don't mow my lawn too... right!

But seriously, aside from the heat and humidity, I know I will end up with a bunch of chigger bites in spite of all my precautions every time I mow the lawn in the summer.