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07-13-16, 04:02 PM
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It is a North Georgia pyramid built by ancient aliens. 
Either that or an antibellum iron furnace circa 1837.
Cooper's Furnace, Cartersville, Georgia
Iron ore was brought in on a spur line to the top of the hill behind the furnace. The rocky outcrop just behind the furnace is hidden by the trees but you can see part of it to the left. There is a trail that goes up there where you can see the remains of the base of the ramp which would have extended to the top of the furnace. Ore was dumped in the top along with burning coals. A bellows or other method to blow air through it would have been used. A clay plug at the bottom would prevent the 2800° molten iron from pouring out. A guy would have gone underneath and poked the clay plug with rod of some kind and the iron pour would begin. They would typically make bars of iron to be sent to nearby forges to make rails for the railroad, canon, guns, etc.
The small railroad engine that worked the site was used to chase the locomotive stolen from Kennesaw GA in what is known as the Great Locomotive Chase. 12 union soldiers stole a locomotive when the train stopped for breakfast in Kennesaw. They were chased by the small locomotive from the furnace and then a larger locomotive joined the chase further north. They were caught just short of Chatanooga, TN, brought back to Atlanta, tried and executed by the Confederates.
Lots and lots of civil war history where I live.
Either that or an antibellum iron furnace circa 1837.
Cooper's Furnace, Cartersville, Georgia
Iron ore was brought in on a spur line to the top of the hill behind the furnace. The rocky outcrop just behind the furnace is hidden by the trees but you can see part of it to the left. There is a trail that goes up there where you can see the remains of the base of the ramp which would have extended to the top of the furnace. Ore was dumped in the top along with burning coals. A bellows or other method to blow air through it would have been used. A clay plug at the bottom would prevent the 2800° molten iron from pouring out. A guy would have gone underneath and poked the clay plug with rod of some kind and the iron pour would begin. They would typically make bars of iron to be sent to nearby forges to make rails for the railroad, canon, guns, etc.
The small railroad engine that worked the site was used to chase the locomotive stolen from Kennesaw GA in what is known as the Great Locomotive Chase. 12 union soldiers stole a locomotive when the train stopped for breakfast in Kennesaw. They were chased by the small locomotive from the furnace and then a larger locomotive joined the chase further north. They were caught just short of Chatanooga, TN, brought back to Atlanta, tried and executed by the Confederates.
Lots and lots of civil war history where I live.
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07-13-16, 05:13 PM
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I love Civil War sites. I've been all over the south, PA, KY, the Virginias, Carolinas, etc. Fascinating stuff. It's always an eerie feeling when you are standing right where it was happening.
Thanks for the other pics too. That one road looks tight though. I hope the motorists in the area cut you some slack.
07-14-16, 09:38 AM
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07-14-16, 10:03 AM
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Attachments don't work the same way on this older VB version it appears. It's like what you see is what you get, and what you get is the little thumbnail. It no longer seems to show in the post, nor are the attachments clickable. I had the same thing happen the other day.
07-14-16, 10:55 AM
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07-14-16, 11:09 AM
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Attachments don't work the same way on this older VB version it appears. It's like what you see is what you get, and what you get is the little thumbnail. It no longer seems to show in the post, nor are the attachments clickable. I had the same thing happen the other day.
07-14-16, 11:10 AM
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Or dropbox.
07-14-16, 11:59 AM
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You'll love Colorado, one my most favorite states.
Haha, and thanks for the blog love! I was trying to keep it, along with the instagram account, somewhat secret, but since it's tied to my email, it keeps popping up in social media tied to me. Oops.
However, this new version of the forum is slightly different. It picks up instagram photos much better...maybe it's the same if you just post the link to imgur.
https://imgur.com/a/KUY1F
Edit...guess not. This should work tho...
07-14-16, 01:09 PM
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Yeah, I have a Smugmug account too which I throw everything on.
You'll love Colorado, one my most favorite states.
Haha, and thanks for the blog love! I was trying to keep it, along with the instagram account, somewhat secret, but since it's tied to my email, it keeps popping up in social media tied to me. Oops.
You'll love Colorado, one my most favorite states.
Haha, and thanks for the blog love! I was trying to keep it, along with the instagram account, somewhat secret, but since it's tied to my email, it keeps popping up in social media tied to me. Oops.
i fully expect to love it there, i have a job near aspen
and i plan on getting there a week early, hanging out in boulder, working, then hangin out a week after probably again in boulder
07-14-16, 01:55 PM
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My sufferface always looks like I'm extremely confused as to where I am and how I got there.
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07-14-16, 01:57 PM
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lol i saw it when you followed mine, which i really wish wasnt so much work to update and make nice
i fully expect to love it there, i have a job near aspen
and i plan on getting there a week early, hanging out in boulder, working, then hangin out a week after probably again in boulder
i fully expect to love it there, i have a job near aspen
and i plan on getting there a week early, hanging out in boulder, working, then hangin out a week after probably again in boulder
07-14-16, 04:02 PM
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https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/12922698
Basically, just wanted to test everything out and make sure we have everything we need before we do anything serious.
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Haha, we're bikepacking the Prescott Circle Trail next weekend. It could be done in a day, but we're going to split it up over three days. I think we're about 3-5 miles from town the entire trip, so are plan is to ride into town in the evening for chow and whatnot.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/12922698
Basically, just wanted to test everything out and make sure we have everything we need before we do anything serious.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/12922698
Basically, just wanted to test everything out and make sure we have everything we need before we do anything serious.
when we camped up on mingus we were hangin out with some fungi and we watched the lights in prescott below twinkling and it blew our ****ing minds. that mountain is hellacious but seriously magical
itl be warm down there so watch your asses. dropping down into that valley was where we almost turned into human raisins. top off water every opportunity and drink to thirst
07-14-16, 05:00 PM
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nice!
when we camped up on mingus we were hangin out with some fungi and we watched the lights in prescott below twinkling and it blew our ****ing minds. that mountain is hellacious but seriously magical
itl be warm down there so watch your asses. dropping down into that valley was where we almost turned into human raisins. top off water every opportunity and drink to thirst
when we camped up on mingus we were hangin out with some fungi and we watched the lights in prescott below twinkling and it blew our ****ing minds. that mountain is hellacious but seriously magical
itl be warm down there so watch your asses. dropping down into that valley was where we almost turned into human raisins. top off water every opportunity and drink to thirst
