Substantial ruins found near Mary Ann Forge

[woodjin]

Like the ruins I located recently in Lebanon, I must have been past these ruins nearly a hundred times but never saw them. I was looking for something unrelated near Mary Ann Forge and noticed some ruins I hadn't seen before. At first I thought I was looking at something else but upon further investigation I discovered some very substantial foundation near the more well known ruins in the Mary Ann area. I don't know how I missed them before.

I checked and didn't see any reference to these ruins in earlier Threads regarding Mary Ann Forge. The stucture here does not appear to be cinderblock, but there does appear to be a cement "layer" over the concrete walls. It makes it difficult to date. Most of the other foundations in the area are cinderblock. There is the remains of an old canal running from Mt Misery brook near by. I always assumed that the canal was related to the possible more recent ruins, but now I wonder... I went back to my house, got my camera, and got some shots before the rain forced me away. A bit of rain must have gotten on the lens which explains the white dots in some shots. The photos are in my gallery- go check them out. Is anybody on the forum aware of these ruins? Or is this a pretty significant discovery? They are huge.

Jeff

 

[woodjin]

BTW one photo is of a large fox den nearby.

Jeff

 

[BEHR655]

Nice find Jeff. I've never been to Maryann Forge so I guess I gotta get there now.

Steve

 

[Ben Ruset]

Well, I know I have never seen that before. And it's not for lack of trying.

Those ruins look old, but they don't look to date around the time of the mill or forge (mid-to-late 1800s). Someone at one point in time mentioned being brought to the ruins of someones house that was nearby Mary Ann Forge. Maybe that's what it is. Or maybe it has to do with the Cranberry Bogs that the topo claims are/were nearby.

Great find! I'm jealous!

Which side of Mt. Misery Road is it on?

 

[jokerman]

There is also a foundation of the former residence (sandstone foundation) and small workshop near the foundations pictured. I met a man who showed me that area and said he grew up in the house. He said that the walls shown in the photos were just foundations when he was a kid. He was around 70+ years old when I met him. His last name was Taylor. He considered his former home to be Mary Ann Forge. He said his grandfather (who raised him) was involved with the berry business which was done in the immediate area. That's pretty good that you found those on your own!

 

[bobpbx]

Very cool Jeff. I lived in Pres. Lakes for 15 years and never saw them. I see the walls are poured, very similar to that barn basement down by the Factory Branch.

 

[Teegate]

Nice find Jeff!

Guy

 

[woodjin]

Ben, it is located on the north/eastern side of Mt Misery rd. Same side as the slag mound/bridge area. If you want to check them out, I live within 5 min. of the ruins so I can meet you there without much notice.

Jeff

 

[Ben Ruset]

Jeff,

Thanks! Are they in the same general area as the slag mound? Or further towards the RR bed?

I'll send you a PM..

 

[JerseyJim]

I'm out that way alot myself and I never noticed them, maybe I should drive with my eyes open from now on?

 

[woodjin]

Jim, they are close to a road but are easy to miss apparently. Ben, they are upstream from the slag mound toward the RR bed. They are in the vincinity, as Jokerman noted, of other ruins.

Something just occured to me, and I want to investigate further. I will report back on any additional findings.

Jeff

 

[woodjin]

I had a chance to swing by Mary Ann area on my way into town today. I could only spare a few minutes but I found some additional ruins a little closer to the river than the previous find. Note, the concrete "base", looks similar to the saw mill platforms but it has slat grooves in it. Check out my gallery.

Jeff

 

[woodjin]

Ben and Stu,
remember the cement block with the "slat" grooves in it from the ruins near Mary Ann Forge I took you all to. Well, I was looking through the photo gallery and noticed in Wolfspiders gallery a photo of a similar structure with wood still in the grooves. It was taken at Hampton Forge according to Wolf spider. I can't seem to link the photo here, you will have to check out his gallery.

Jeff

 

[Teegate]

Ben and Stu,
remember the cement block with the "slat" grooves in it from the ruins near Mary Ann Forge I took you all to. Well, I was looking through the photo gallery and noticed in Wolfspiders gallery a photo of a similar structure with wood still in the grooves. It was taken at Hampton Forge according to Wolf spider. I can't seem to link the photo here, you will have to check out his gallery.

Jeff

The only photo I can find is this one in his gallery.

Are you talking about the cement you posted the photo of that you thought was a sawmill foundation?

Guy

 

[Teegate]

Jeff,

The best way to get a photo to show up in the post if you are having problems is to just put the link in the post and post it. Then click on the edit button and change the [url} [/url] to

(I had to put the wrong charactor in there so it would show up properly)

Make sure you use capital IMG. That should not matter, but I have had problems with lowercase letters and have found uppercase works every time.


Guy

 

[woodjin]

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[woodjin]

 

[woodjin]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Any way, Yes Guy, that is the photo I was referring to. do you think it looks a bit like the thing I photographed near Mary Ann? I can't tell if the wood is resting and nailed in grooves on the cement or if the wood is just secured to the cement without grooves.

Jeff

 

[Ben Ruset]

You need the entire URL for the image - (ie: http://www.server.com/image.jpg )

Then wrap it in

at the end.

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/misc.php?do=bbcode#imgcode

 

[woodjin]