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Located near the Susquehanna River and the Mouth of Swatara Creek. Middletown was founded in 1755. The early maps of Pennsylvania show that the area of land now called Middletown was "A Susquehannock Indian Town" (1715). When Middletown was laid out in 1755, some lodges of the Conoy or Ganawese Indians were located on the ground in the area bounded by Pine, Spruce, Main, and High Streets. These two tribes were "remnants" of the once-powerful Susquehannock Nation. Near the mouth of the Swatara Creek, a rough Irishman named "Anderson" claimed 423 acres on the Susquehanna River. This claim dates back at least to 1728. Jacob Job, a Philadelphia merchant, acquired the rights to the Anderson claim in 1732. It has been estimated that by 1750 there were about 200 Scotch-Irish families in the vicinity of Middletown, which was then in Paxtang Township of Lancaster County. Middletown, the oldest town in Dauphin County, was laid out thirty years before Harrisburg and seven years before Hummelstown. Due to its location for trade, both by land and by water, the town grew rapidly for at least a century and a half. Prior to 1729, this area was a part of Chester County. In 1729, Lancaster County was formed, and on March 4, 1785, Dauphin County was formed. Middletown was a "Post Town" and so named because of its location midway between Lancaster and Carlisle, along the old Stage Coach Road laid out in 1736. Middletown is noted in colonial records as being a supply depot for the Revolutionary Armies. Many small boats for General Sullivan's army were built here and his troops were supplied with provisions from local farms. The Swatara Ferry House (Old Fort) is reported to have housed Hessian prisoners during the Revolution. This building here is "The Swatara Ferry House/Old Fort", and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Logs moving out of the forest on a concession road in Ghana.
Samartex Forest Concession -- Near Asankragwa, Ghana
Photo by Maite Knorr-Evans, World Resources Institute
What are good open-source log monitoring tools on Linux
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The title on the Russian site devoted to SPG is – Rafts on the [Catherine] Canal: city of Shlisselburg.
A little poking around on the internet reveals that this is unlikely to be the Catherine canal (which runs between the Volkhov and Syas rivers, says Wikipedia), and is more likely the Peter Canal, that is the section built during the time of Peter the Great. That section of the canal had two locks, one of which we can see in the background, along with boats waiting to enter. You can find this locale on Google Earth, in "street view," much changed of course, where the Russian label tells us it is part of the Marinskii waterway, which is true, but only in a general sense. You can see on Google Earth too, that, over the years, the canal has silted up and filled in, and in places has actually been narrowed by builders needed good footings for their constructions. Another page I found said that the stonework we see on the locks and banks dates from the time of the canal's original construction (late 1720s) another that it dates from repairs and renovations done in 1836; the Wikipedia article doesn't note any work done in the 1830s, so my guess is that this stonework – which still endures, and looks to be in pretty good shape – is the same built by battalions of Peter's soldiers in the eighteenth century.
Note, in the right background, two huge stacks of logs, as high as the buildings next to them, and just as long, a truly immense stockpile. I wonder whether the logs in the foreground are about to join one of those huge piles (likely) or whether they have been taken from the piles (less likely). My guess would be that they are piled up there until they can be loaded on a transport and taken to a mill that is closer to a larger population centre, but that is speculation on my part.
This was a difficult shot to register because the logs moved around on the water as SPG took his three shots. People in the background moved; boats lining up to get into the lock moved; and one of the two fellows in the foreground took a quick look around to see if SPG was finished yet. So I had to do a lot of piece by piece compositing of sections of the shot to get everything to more or less line up. Lots of figures in the middle distance and in the faraway existed only as coloured blobs on one plate or another, so in several cases, I simply erased those partial figures from the shot. A red colour cast at the bottom of the shot proved more problematic, but I have reduced it as much as I can.
Update, 2014: I've gone over the shot one more time, trying to reduce the purple tones, to adjust the contrast on the logs, and reduce some of the fringing on the cloud images reflected in the water. I think, for now, this is the best I can do.
Update, 2024: Another revision, courtesy of Photoshop's updated tools, particularly using the Camera Raw filter.
Another view of the custom log home on Long Lake in Phelps, WI. The homeowner who built the home was very easy to work with, and made great choices throughout the project. As with most of the homeowners we work with it was a pure pleasure.
to view more pictures of this home please visit www.northtwinbuilders.com
www.recyclart.org/2017/01/volkswagen-campervan-log-burner/
I made this campervan log burner for the garden from scrap metal, I have since made several for friends and family.
I wanted to use this diagonal stripe in something and since I've been making Log Cabins, they came to mind. I'm going to use the very high contrast dark browns and beiges and let the stripes be the only color in hopes that the stripes will show up somewhat.
Star, North Carolina
Listed 9/9/2013
Reference Number: 13000699
The Star Historic District meets National Register Criterion A for commerce and transportation. Developed at the intersection of the Durham and Charlotte Railroad and the Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad, the town of Star served as a regional commercial center for eastern Montgomery County and western Moore County from its incorporation in 1897 to the mid-twentieth century. The railroad facilitated the logging and agricultural industries in and around Star. Beginning in 1911, the Country Life Academy brought nearby students to the town and by the 1930s, the textile industry in Star was attracting workers from nearby communities. The railroad, school, and mills fueled Star's growth by creating a demand for services, including stores, banks, barbers, and repair shops. The Star Historic District also meets National Register Criterion C for architecture. The prosperity of the early twentieth century town is reflected in the presence of ornate turn-of-the-twentieth-century Queen Anne-style houses and Romanesque Revival-style commercial buildings; constructed from 1896 to 1915, they stand out among the most elaborate examples of residential and commercial architecture in Montgomery County. The architecture of Star also illustrates its place as a working-class town with modest, pyramidal-roofed housing constructed in the 191 Os and 1920s and housing built in the nationally-popular Colonial Revival and Craftsman styles in the 1920s and 1930s. Also present in Star are an Art Deco-style bridge built in 1929, Colonial Revival churches from 1924 and 1953, and plainly detailed commercial buildings and Ranch-form houses erected in the 1940s and 1950s.
National Register of Historic Places Homepage
Colas' 70806 takes the 6J37 Carlisle - Chirk log train up Wilpshire Bank, here at the foot crossing near Whitehalgh Manor
Remains of a log cabin. Yesterdays home now quickly becoming
a memory due to decay and neglect on Hwy.84 between
Gatesville and Goldthwaite, TX.
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William McIntosh. Scotch-Coweta Chief of the Coweta Towns, distinguished soldier in the battles of Autossee and Horseshoe Bend, and in the Seminole Wars with the rank of Brigadier-General, was killed by Upper Creeks and is buried here, the site of his home. As leading Creek collaborator with whites, he assembled at Indian Springs in February 1825, a small group of Lower Creek Chiefs who ceded all Creek lands in Georgia west of the Flint River. Angered, Upper Creeks pronounced a death sentence, which was executed by a large party of warriors. Lives of women, children and white men were spared, but the McIntosh Plantation known as "Lochau Talofau" on Acorn Bluff was devastated. This park is part of the original one square mile area centered on McIntosh's Ferry which was withheld from the land lottery as a possible town site.
Source: GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER
Located along the Chattahoochee River, just outside Whitesburg, in southern Carroll County, Georgia.
More interesting reading here: freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cescott/parks/chief.html
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Log loader used in connection with skidder. Hilton Dodge Company. 1910. Photo by Huron H. Smith.
Location: Town, Georgia, U.S.A., North America
Original material: 5x7 inch glass negative
Digital Identifier: CSB31335
My father finished building this log cabin in October, 1938 in the Yarnell community in Sawyer County Wisconsin. It's where my parents lived the first years of their marriage and where two sons were born. The cabin is lived in and still looks solid after about 75 years, doesn't it? I think the Shrock family gets the credit for it's maintenance.
log cabin spends it's last years storing things that man can't seem to let go.
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