As a few people have commented, Washington and Braddock could not have crossed this bridge, since it was built in 1818. I should have been more specific: they crossed the Yough in this spot during the construction of Braddock's Road in 1755, and thus the area became known as Great Crossings, which then lent its name to the bridge.
You asked so I'll answer. The large wooden beams bolted together./ They use them for heavy equipment. Specifically tracked equipment on soft or muddy ground. They are laid on the ground as a temporary hard surface and moved as the equipment moves . Pick one up, drop it in front, move forward, over and over. Sometimes, like your shoe.. They get stuck in the mud and they can't get them out. so they leave them there. My guess, as the removed the old bridge they used the martial from it to create a hard surface (driveway) behind the equipment so they could just drive back out. They didn't need the temporary wood surface to get out, so they left it there
(Man when I saw this video....I realized that I need to see more of Pennsylvania) 1st- there's a city that got assaulted by the flames of Hell 2nd- a city pulverized by the Kraken!
George Washington first crossed here in 1753 during his diplomatic mission to Fort Lebeuf, then again in 1754, where before crossing, he and 5 of his men explored the Yough river by canoe hoping to shorten the route to Fort Duquesne. This route became known as Washington's Trail, which eventually became part of Braddock's Road.
Yes, George Washington crossed the Youghiogheny River at the Great Crossings, and the bridge was named after him: Washington's crossing In 1753, Washington crossed the Youghiogheny River as an envoy from Virginia to the French commandant at Fort Le Boeuf.
19:00. that is is likely the old bridge that was probably blown up in place. All of concrete forms are in perfect alignment so it had to be the location and not on top of the old US40 piers. Guessing from the concrete railings, it was probably build in the 1920s to the early 1940s.
In 1991, after a long drought, the gost town and bridge were visible. I drove my grandmother and 4 aunts and uncles to see their childhood town. They were 70-80 years old, but on that day they were moving so quick with excitement it was hard to keep up with them. My uncle's first job was at a tannery that was located on the banks of the river. He also worked at the flour mill. He was so excited to show me the inner wall of the stone bridge, where he and his friends scratched their names into the stones. They are all gone now, but I learned so much about my family history that day, I was so lucky and happy to spend that day with them. I live in Los Angeles now, living here is like living in a different country compared to the old Pennsylvania countryside town I was born and raised.
I remember back in 91 when it was that low. Before it was that low I remember people backing their trucks down there and launching their John boats off the bridge. There were a picture on the front page of the Heard Standard. Not long after the 3rd arch was exposed the army corps put a jersey barrier in front of the bridge to keep people from doing that and driving their cars onto it. There was even less water back then. I remember a couple different people I met or knew trying to wait across the water to walk across the lake.
It’s been visible several times. The Army Corp reported that this year’s level is not as low as in the past. Couple of droughts in the 90’s had lake level lower that this year.
Very cool - thanks for the story - I’m 60 - born and raised in Pittsburgh - I drive across the lake several times a month for work. I don’t think I can remember it ever being this low - It was a shock when I first saw it a couple weeks ago. As you well know - in the summer this place is LUSH green and super active (boating, swimming - fishing) etc. It’s very interesting to see the old structures , but I kind of want it to fill back up. Sort of freaks me out LOL
Making grooves in the cement is called keying. It is to prevent lateral movement between the footing you see and the once existing wall and help with bonding.
It's refreshing to see a young person (under 30) so enamored of history and times gone by. The past is not just a dusty shadow of our lives, it needs to be remembered and cherished. Thank you for sharing your journey with us!
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As long as young people vote Republican our nation's history will continue.
I’m 23 and I have a lot of friends sadly none of them are interested in stuff like this history or anything they don’t even go outside wish I grew up outside of the big city I’ve come to really dislike it I have a theory that young kids don’t care about history or cool things like this bc they don’t teach it in school they briefly go over wars and stuff and that’s it
Easily got our household's thumbs up! Was no stupid music, narrated by a real person and not ai, provided many interesting details, and just a down-to-earth video. Thank you for taking your time to share it with us :o)
Thank goodness for people like you, who are willing to go and film these things I will never be able to see in my life time because of my being home bound. I thank you so much.
@ericelsberry5585 you beat me to it 😊 that's OK the I know what I got people's stuffs family will pay to have it all hauled away for scrap when they die
Just a tidbit...my Father's Aunt Emma and family lived in Somerfield. They relocated to Friendsville, MD...just up the road. Their family made an easy transition and made new friends. Their son went on to earn a Purple Heart in New Guinea. He then relocated again to mainland Australia. It was quite traumatic for others, however. A friend of ours had an Aunt who never recovered from their brand new home (located at the end of the main street) being razed. They had all their savings in it. I do not think compensation was very good. Thank you for your interest! There is always the human element.
Thank you for talking about this. Almost sounds similar to what happened here in Ontario in 1958. Nine villages and hamlets were lost when the Hydro company and the St. Lawrence canal wanted to expand. Only after did they submerge these nine villages and hamlets did they realize the ships were too big and everything was done in vain. Milles Roches, Moulinette, Dickinson's Landing, Wales, Farran's Point and Aultsville; and the hamlets of Woodlands, Santa Cruz and Maple Grove all lost much like this town. Some buildings were saved and you can visit them an upper Canada’s Village along with the lost villages museum. The two towns they created Ingleside ( home of residents from Aultsville, Farran's Point, Wales, Dickinson's Landing, Woodlands, and Santa Cruz) and Long Sault (home of the Mille Roches, Maple Grove, and Moulinette) for the displaced people. It’s really interesting when you look at a map before all this happened and a map afterwards. Crazy just how much land they took.
When I was a kidd we used to jump off bridges similar to that and seeing that rebar straight up and down makes me think how many times did we just miss getting hurt real bad or worse
I dropped by the neighbor’s once when the grandparents were sitting out with their family. We got to talking about such a railroad bridge over an irrigation canal locally, and Grandpa asked Grandma, “Didn’t your brother get hurt jumping off that bridge?” She said, “No. He sat there so long trying to get up the nerve, he got a _really bad_ sunburn!”
@@x21gokartracing They knew (if you are responding to me), it was just a rather high double arch concrete bridge. I suppose 25 feet/ 8 meters. You did have to know which arch to jump off of, though. It was on a canal curve, and the inner side was silted up to only about 6 feet deep. Way too shallow!
I worked for the corp of engineers at yough lake for years and it was my job to tell the story of the towns that were submerged to create the lake and why. The bridge remedies every 10 to 15 years due to winter draw down of the lake levels. A little secret we locals know is we can tell how bad a winter is predicted to be by how low they draw down the lake. Yes it has been drier than normal but no where near the driest years. The corp needs the lake levels to be low due to predicted heavy snow melt in the spring. I grew up in this community and was lucky enough to have an elementary teacher who lived in somerfield before the town was submerged. Her family was the last to be forced out. She hated the lake and the corp until the day she died. Many of the old timers felt that way over the government taking privately owned land just so the city of pittsburgh wasn't flooded again like the st. Patrick's day flood of 1936. Remember this was right after the Great Depression and this area was still reeling from those effects. The bridge is made of sandstone and that is the true marvel of its survival. Sandstone does hold up well in water but the workmanship of this bridge is defying that issue. Come an enjoy our little time capsule while it's still visible.
Thanks for sharing your personal story to the wider story of this lake. I bet she was a feisty teacher who could hold her own with any class. Thanks again.
I am a title abstractor in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. This area is contained there. My experience has yielded that the borough once there, is still described currently in many deeds. Though normally under water, the “lots” of Somerfield, still exist are very much living history for me. When the properties of Somerfield were taken by Eminent Domain by the Army Corp of engineers, the “YOUGH” pronounced “yok” to local, became a great recreational destination for many. Great to see so many enjoying my community.
The river originates in West Virginia which is under a severe drought. The dam and lake have major duties besides flood control. First is recreation, both with the lake and down river. Ohiopyle has white water rafting, further down stream is kayaking, fishing, and boating. The dam also has a hydro electric plant that was added to supply Seven Springs ski resort. Public water is pumped out further down stream by many communities.The lake levels are dropped only at a measured rate to maintain all of the above.
My grandmother lived there. Her house was under where the original high bridge was. She was one of the ones that were "relocated" when the dam was built. Also, the great crossing bridge has been visible several times since it was flooded.
The National Road, aka Cumberland Road, runs through the middle of Indianapolis, my hometown. It forms Washington Street (US 40) a main east-west thoroughfare. I love these types of videos.
We went there about 2 weeks ago and the lake had much more water. Your film showed much more of the exposed village and archa!eology. We really enjoyed your video
The lone Pile in the middle you mentioned is most likely a “test” pile, they would drill in 4 production or permanent piles to be used as “reaction piles” to place large steel beam on, and bolt it down to them, place a specialized hydraulic jack under the beam on the test pile to simulate the load it’s designed to carry. The large timbers bolted together are commonly called “crane mats” or “pontoons” they are more modern, most likely from the newest bridge, they would have been on top of a barge and a larger drill rig would be placed on top of them.
Great video. Here in our area when the dams let go, they found an old steam shovel at the bottom of the lake. Bunch of guys are now working to get it restored.
That is great to see that old bridge there! Those old cement guard rails did come from the second bridge being built and they torn it down by piece when the 2006 bridge was being built the third updated bridge, being a kid I was excited to see the old Somerfield town submerge from the water and back then I remembered those old cement guard rails and the old town, one thing though that is gone, you used to see fence post there along the old road and see where the house and businesses once stand. Sad that's all gone now!
Nah it looks like an old bridge that was blown up (collapsed all of the supports). the remains look too organized to be from getting removed peices by piece. No crew would align it back up in a perfect straight line during removal.
Great video! Thanks. The water level is always dropped in the fall for winter and spring runoff. Also, we here in western PA have had very little rain this past summer and fall. Unusual for this part of the state but not unheard of. So that is why the water level is so low.
That how it goes, sadly. When I was growing up there was a beautiful iron bridge from the 1920s a few miles from here, it was kind of a landmark for the area. They demolished it about fifteen years ago and built a boring flat concrete bridge in it's place. Modern stuff is usually so plain and utilitarian and doesn't last nearly as long as things used to.
The grooved blocks are ceramic building blocks, used much the same way as a cinder or concrete block would be used. They predate the popularity of concrete blocks somewhat; concrete blocks became much more common after about 1890, when the Portland Cement process was developed, which made concrete much less expensive. The concrete sidewalks would also have replaced brick, stone or wooden sidewalks at about that same time. The grid of small pits in the concrete sidewalk were probably made to imporve footing in winter, when the sidewalkwould have been icy. The can top, with the seperable pull tab dates between 1962 and 1975. This type of pull tab was invented to remove the necessity of using a punch-in can opener (a "church key") to open a beverage (usually, a beer) can. It went out of use because the loose pull tabs were thrown away everywhere, and they had sharp edges, which often cut the feet of people walking barefoot on a beach. The can top you found was probably dropped from a boat, someone fishing (and, drinking a beer) on the lake during the 1960s. Those pull-tabs are an excellent archaeological horizon marker, in America, at least--they are durable (aluminum), they are everywhere, and they were common for only about 13-15 years.
In the US the last disposable pull ring tab cans were manufactured in 1983. Having first been patented in 1963. The modern Statab style can was patented in 1975 by Reynolds Metals Co. and quickly adopted in the US, but it wouldn't be until 1990 that the switchover was complete in Europe. I would assume they were out of use in Canada by 1983 as well, but I don't know. No idea about Mexico. Pull ring cans continued to be in common use well into the 21st century in places like Egypt and India, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're still in production and use to this day in many countries. Perhaps others from around the world can chime in whether they still use them or not! Or when they were phased out locally.
I used to live in the area, worked for the corp of engineers for a summer, then joined the Army. I usually go back every year to hunt and visit family. Nice to see this documented for others to view. I will be back for deer season and will go visit the bridge again. Thanks for the video.
I live an hour drive from this site, and I was unaware that this lake was emptying. I spent part of my childhood swimming and camping near the dam. I was surprised to see this.
When I was little in the late 80’s -early 90’s, my family had a “waterfront” cabin like you talk about around the 25-minute mark. I was very young when it was sold, maybe 5 or 6, but I remember that we had to walk down a steep stone path through the woods to get down to the dock. It was just like those docks you show sitting there on the mud. I have no idea anymore where that cabin would have been on the lake and both my parents have since passed away, so I have no one to ask. But I suppose it could have been right there where you were filming!
This was really fascinating! I had to do some checking out and I looked on Google maps and the satellite photo of the area shows the water level down to the point that the original bridge was starting to emerge and you can see the original road, sidewalks, and building foundations. Street view showed the lake at it's fullest. Really appreciate the time you took to make the video and share this find to us.
We have a similar occurrence in Derbyshire, here in England. When the Ladybower and Derwent Reservoir was built they flooded two small villages. In the hottest summers the water level will drop low enough for you to walk on the bottom and explore the ruins, it’s fascinating.
My compliments to you. What a wonderful discovery and exploration. The church that I attend here in upstate New York is 200 years old and the building will be 200 years old in eight years (completed in 1832). Just fascinating to enjoy such old architecture.
Solid stuff. Thanks for allowing us to explore this special opportunity with you. Wind noise was no big deal. Edit: Subtitles helped mitigate wind noise.
Had to 21:25 laugh when you said “crick” my husband is from western Pa, he says that as well. I always tell him there is no “I” in creek. It’s a long E! lol I have from northern VA.
The "road" at roughly 16:55 is the old bridge deck. Those pieces were placed there. You can see the monolithic pour with the "step" for a gutter line. Then the railing was poured with a cold joint later on. You can see this in your inset picture at 21:31. The initial wing walls are solid concrete, but if you look further down the span, you can see the daylight shining through the "Pa. Scenic rail".
Interesting video. I like that you did your homework and have added historic photos. In the 1980s, I watched Keetly a small ranching community being removed, and another part of Highway 40 relocated for the consequences of Jordan L reservoir. They named it that after the name of one of the ranches who's owner fought the hardest to stop the prodject. I met him . I was building a log home and R.V. park office at what is just bellow the dam. Another example of you can destroy anything as long as you put up a plck and name your new development or, in this case, after something or someone that's going away.
This was extremely interesting! I hate it when man changes the Earth. I live in Massachusetts and it kind of slightly reminds me of the Quabbin Reservoir and how they flooded out towns and took their land away and tore down structures... Although Quabbin was a lot more extreme. Great video, thank you for sharing. 👍
Yes, the towns of Enfield and Dana were razed, to make the Quabbin reservoir. I've been over there several times, when I lived in S. Amherst. I would travel through Belchertown over to the Quabbin. It is quite an expansive area out there, and those towns were once flourishing.
Very cool story. At least they removed the houses before they flooded it. My town did not. The peaks pop out every so often. I can’t imagine the amount of asbestos or lead in our water. But as of late, the water level remains pretty consistent. I saw the DAR sign on the old toll building. Equally cool stepping back through time. 😊
Hi, we live in Somerset County, PA, explored like you, and hope (even though not shown on your video) you saw what is left of the tree line along the main street of Somerfield. It must have been stately. So amazing to see the sawed trunks and what being under water for so long created of them. Hard to believe anything of them is still left. Thank you for your good documentation of this 2024 occurrence.
Thanks for clarifying where Jockey Hollow was and pointing out the second bridge, which is what I inferred from looking at the ruins. Great commentary. Thanks!
@@mr.l520 You would be surprised. PA was almost denuded by 1900 as were many eastern states. In PA we're now enjoying forests that were replanted by the CCC during the 1930's depression.
The last area you were in (Jockey Hollow) does fill up with water when they close the gates at the Dam in Confluence, Pa. That happens in early Spring when the snow is melting. The docks you saw on the banks will be floating and have power boats moored to them.
@@lisagroff640 I always loved going to Confluence as a kid. We had property in F riendsville ,Md , near the border of Addison. The people in the community were great and we contributed to the community.
I have always believed that once seven springs payed to have the hydro power plant put in at the dam. The water has always gone down to low for the boat owners to enjoy the lake before the deadline to have your boat out of the water. @@lisagroff640
When I was a child in the '50s they used to have what you just called pockmarked concrete to help provide a skid proof surface during ice and snow weather
That boat dock in Jockey Hollow will be floating again in the spring-- or at least it should be, if there's normal or close to normal snow and rain this winter and spring. At 20:33, in the far background on the western shore, you can see a structure. It's the Laurel Yacht Club. My Grandfather helped build it. In the spring when water level is high, the dock is right up against the end of an access road. As the summer goes on and the water level gets lower, the usual thing to do is move the dock further out so that the boats don't grounded or stuck in water too shallow.
Resident of Addison here. Good God you are at the Anchor?!?!? A dive bar if there ever was one! Addison probably hasn't had this much attention since the time of Braddock's expedition! I guess I'll have to hit me over to the other side of town and check this out!
My guess is that the "extra pillar" under the new bridge is a "demonstration" drilled shaft. They drilled a concrete column into the mud and then load-tested it to prove that the theoretical basis for all of the "production" pillars was valid.
The why the town was flooded reminds me of the Town of Aitch (For most of my life, I thought it was called Town of H and learned just a few years ago it had a real name) and the other 2 places I cannot remember anymore, when they built Raystown Lake Dam. I grew up hearing stories of eminent domain that forced people off their lands, etc. To this day I have no idea what's truth and what's just urban legends that evolved over the years. It's pretty neat to see history exposed like this. Thanks for taking the time to go explore and share!
I went by about a month ago and we were allowed to go on the bridge! this is an awesome video that gives great context. i remember walking down the sidewalk and imagining the tree lined streets, so seeing those postcards really took my breath away.
14:06 Those are four generations of bouy weights, which are exactly what they sound like; something big and heavy connected to a steel cable to hold a bouy in place. They're likely there for a bouy to mark a high spot or to warn of the bridge ahead. What's interesting is you can just about mark the decade each was placed by what it is. Fascinating that there was a time that small block Chevy engines were so cheap you'd just chuck it in a lake when it broke down. The concrete filled barrel is likely from the 1980's and the wooden box filled with concrete would be the newest, being the "environmentally friendly" option. The "bracing" is rebar embedded in the concrete for handles to attach the steel cables and for lifting it to chuck it over the side of the boat.
My wife and I crossed over the new bridge 2 days before you were there. We were on our way home our daughters house in Maryland. I wish we would have stopped. I've been across the bridge many times in my life and have never seen the lake that dry. Awesome video!
My town dredged the millpond in the early 2000s and found a few interesting things, including a super old rusted up revolver. Town was a popular place for the gangsters to hang out in the prohibition era so we assume it was related to that somehow.
The concrete at what looks like a road looks like the bridge decking roadway from the second bridge. The big wooden planking pieces are what tracked equipment would lay down on soft surfaces to traverse without sinking in the mud. Such as a crane used to construct the new bridge
I remember back in 91 when it was that low. Before it was that low I remember people backing their trucks down there and launching their John boats off the bridge. There were a picture on the front page of the Heard Standard. Not long after the 3rd arch was exposed the army corps put a jersey barrier in front of the bridge to keep people from doing that and driving their cars onto it. There was even less water back then. I remember a couple different people I met or knew trying to wade across the water to walk across the lake. Yes you are correct. That is the remains of the second bridge. I have pictures of my children in there teens walking on both bridges. The one that you recorded and the one demolished.
Great presentation of very interesting ruins of a town destroyed. That old bridge is insanely well engineered! You are so well spoken too. Just subbed to see more of your videos.
The V8 block is super rare....Chevy 302 (67-69 only). It'll have a stamped number on it the ends in "DZ". The other machine at 14:46 is a Chevy "turbo thrift", which is 292 cubic inch strait 6...and this one has head still on it. It looks like an early block (63-65) but they used this engine up until 1990. That being said, both engines were dumped there since they weren't even invented until the 1960's. My guess is that the same person dumped them both off a boat in the 70's or early 80's. I've owned multiple version of both engines!
"My guess is that the same person dumped them both off a boat in the 70's or early 80's" Probably dumped from a truck during a drought. probably there was a lot more garbage dumped there, but it all washed away leaving only the heavy block. kinda silly to dump it, when it could have been sold for scrap.
I lived in Uniontown from 2004 till 2016. I spent many of summer days and nights out and around that lake. Boating, fishing, swimming, and partying. It is a shame to see it so low like that. My first time across the new bridge was just weeks after it opened.
For any history buff. The National Road is a treasure trove of information and excitement. Those old tool houses are passed by millions of drivers and never paid much attention, also next time you are on the Road look for the Monuments dedicated to the pioneers . We used to call them Madonna of the Plains, there are several strung along the route. And the mileage marker stones, and there are several more bridges that are worthy of discovery including the famous S bridges. Others could give us much more detail and location of many more wonderful places along The National Road
The wood plankes that are bolted together are called panels. They're used to make it so large machinery could drive out onto muddy ground without sinking.
Nice that you are informative yet humble. After each exploration video, you already spend time learning what you don’t know. Being a scholar is wise and honorable. In older times, men prided themselves on learning all they could, travelling, and self educating. They learned from others, especially our oldest generations. Seej their knowledge, mist love younger people asking. Many elderly Americans have so much life knowledge not recorded in books or videos. You are on an amazing path of fun and discovery. Thank you.
Yeah dang that wind was a bummer. I couldn't hear you well sometimes. But I still subbed! Lol. I love this sort of thing and seek "modern ruins" to explore as often as I can. I enjoyed your video immensely. Looking forward to checking out some of your old videos and what's next. 👍👍
Jockey Hollow is used as a boat ramp/launch area & those docks are in the water as is the whole Jockey Hollow area, the water is extremely low right now but come springtime, people will be launching boats there as usual
@@Buttermilkjug However since the pop to can was invented by Ermal Fraize in 1959, that can is nearly 20 years newer than the lake. It came from a boat. Beer and boating, who would have thought they would go together.
I live 5 minutes from this. You drop the water down to a bare minimum every fall. So the winter snows and runoff in the spring. Fill it right back up to the top. The end part of your video showing Jockey hollow that goes green within a week and a half of draining the lake so they will drain it bit by bit during fall. But in summer that will be 100% full every year. This is the first time it has gotten this low but on a normal you year you can see the bridge. It is just those. Never gotten this slow. Normally you cannot access to the bridge after due to mud
The lake fills back up every year. This spring it was within a couple feet of its record high level. Jockey Hollow will fill up again this spring and the docks will be clear up at the trees. The steps/walk ways to the docks are there because the lake does this every year.
One thing, I looked up the area and there was two bridges before the new one was completed in 2006, got a photo shot of the 2005 view. So those old cement rails are from the old bridge.
I could be wrong, but your can top is probably from the 60's or 70's . The 50's or 40's would have been either a cone top can or you needed a "church key" (can opener with a metal V to poke into the can).
These were almost certainly thrown overboard from boats. When I was a kid in the ‘70s, people would save those pull tabs to link together to form decorative chains.
In the US the last disposable pull ring tab cans were manufactured and sold in 1983. Having first been patented in 1963. The modern Statab style can was patented in 1975 by Reynolds Metals Co. and quickly adopted in the US, but it wouldn't be until 1990 that the switchover was complete in Europe. I would assume they were out of use in Canada by 1983 as well, but I don't know. No idea about Mexico. Pull ring cans continued to be in use well into the 21st century in places like Egypt and India, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're still in production and use to this day in some countries.
This happened in new Jersey recently too,reservoirs are drying up do to drought in the north east,a stone three arch bridge showed up just like the one in PA,route 23 old town of franklinville emerged.
I liked your video and the historical pictures too. At the 21:24 minute mark I loved when you said the word crick instead of the word creek. That brought me back to my childhood summers spent in Renovo, Pennsylvania in Clinton County. There was a creek in Renovo called Kettle Crick as the people in Renovo pronounced it. I've lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania my entire life and I haven't heard someone say the word crick since the 1960's. (probably before you were born)
About 1968 or '69 a friend and I walked through the old town of Gilboa, New York which is part of the New York city water supply system. It was amazing to see the flagstone main sidewalks and the sidewalks leading to the old home foundations. The stumps of the maples lining the streets were also still there. At the age of 14 or 15 I was not only fascinated but disgusted that this once vibrant village had to give up its life, along with many other towns in the Catskills, to quench the thirst of the big city a hundred miles away.
As a few people have commented, Washington and Braddock could not have crossed this bridge, since it was built in 1818. I should have been more specific: they crossed the Yough in this spot during the construction of Braddock's Road in 1755, and thus the area became known as Great Crossings, which then lent its name to the bridge.
You asked so I'll answer. The large wooden beams bolted together./ They use them for heavy equipment. Specifically tracked equipment on soft or muddy ground. They are laid on the ground as a temporary hard surface and moved as the equipment moves . Pick one up, drop it in front, move forward, over and over. Sometimes, like your shoe.. They get stuck in the mud and they can't get them out. so they leave them there. My guess, as the removed the old bridge they used the martial from it to create a hard surface (driveway) behind the equipment so they could just drive back out. They didn't need the temporary wood surface to get out, so they left it there
(Man when I saw this video....I realized that I need to see more of Pennsylvania)
1st- there's a city that got assaulted by the flames of Hell
2nd- a city pulverized by the Kraken!
George Washington first crossed here in 1753 during his diplomatic mission to Fort Lebeuf, then again in 1754, where before crossing, he and 5 of his men explored the Yough river by canoe hoping to shorten the route to Fort Duquesne. This route became known as Washington's Trail, which eventually became part of Braddock's Road.
Yes, George Washington crossed the Youghiogheny River at the Great Crossings, and the bridge was named after him:
Washington's crossing
In 1753, Washington crossed the Youghiogheny River as an envoy from Virginia to the French commandant at Fort Le Boeuf.
19:00. that is is likely the old bridge that was probably blown up in place. All of concrete forms are in perfect alignment so it had to be the location and not on top of the old US40 piers. Guessing from the concrete railings, it was probably build in the 1920s to the early 1940s.
In 1991, after a long drought, the gost town and bridge were visible. I drove my grandmother and 4 aunts and uncles to see their childhood town. They were 70-80 years old, but on that day they were moving so quick with excitement it was hard to keep up with them. My uncle's first job was at a tannery that was located on the banks of the river. He also worked at the flour mill. He was so excited to show me the inner wall of the stone bridge, where he and his friends scratched their names into the stones. They are all gone now, but I learned so much about my family history that day, I was so lucky and happy to spend that day with them. I live in Los Angeles now, living here is like living in a different country compared to the old Pennsylvania countryside town I was born and raised.
So cool, thanks for sharing.
I remember back in 91 when it was that low. Before it was that low I remember people backing their trucks down there and launching their John boats off the bridge. There were a picture on the front page of the Heard Standard. Not long after the 3rd arch was exposed the army corps put a jersey barrier in front of the bridge to keep people from doing that and driving their cars onto it. There was even less water back then. I remember a couple different people I met or knew trying to wait across the water to walk across the lake.
It’s been visible several times. The Army Corp reported that this year’s level is not as low as in the past. Couple of droughts in the 90’s had lake level lower that this year.
Very cool - thanks for the story - I’m 60 - born and raised in Pittsburgh - I drive across the lake several times a month for work. I don’t think I can remember it ever being this low - It was a shock when I first saw it a couple weeks ago. As you well know - in the summer this place is LUSH green and super active (boating, swimming - fishing) etc. It’s very interesting to see the old structures , but I kind of want it to fill back up. Sort of freaks me out LOL
I walked across the bridge in 1991 also. Was very cool to see.
My husband’s great-aunt lived there. She was an artist and painted a portrait of the town while living there. It still hangs at my in-laws.
post a pic!
Very nice!
Post a picture of the painting please
So cool!
Making grooves in the cement is called keying. It is to prevent lateral movement between the footing you see and the once existing wall and help with bonding.
It's refreshing to see a young person (under 30) so enamored of history and times gone by. The past is not just a dusty shadow of our lives, it needs to be remembered and cherished. Thank you for sharing your journey with us!
As long as young people vote Republican our nation's history will continue.
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I’m 23 and I have a lot of friends sadly none of them are interested in stuff like this history or anything they don’t even go outside wish I grew up outside of the big city I’ve come to really dislike it I have a theory that young kids don’t care about history or cool things like this bc they don’t teach it in school they briefly go over wars and stuff and that’s it
@@owenlien1593 as long as you keep at it and find the value, that's what is important! You never know who you might influence with your efforts!
😂😂😂You're stupid😂😂😂
Easily got our household's thumbs up! Was no stupid music, narrated by a real person and not ai, provided many interesting details, and just a down-to-earth video. Thank you for taking your time to share it with us :o)
Have to agree music or scary tunes just ruins video like this
Agreed all the way!!😊
Thank goodness for people like you, who are willing to go and film these things I will never be able to see in my life time because of my being home bound. I thank you so much.
Don't touch that engine block, the owner swears he's gonna rebuild it someday. 😅
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No lowballs! I know what I got!
V8 of some sort
LOL So true. I see old cars sitting in barns for 70 years that someone says their going to get running on day
@ericelsberry5585 you beat me to it 😊 that's OK the I know what I got people's stuffs family will pay to have it all hauled away for scrap when they die
Just a tidbit...my Father's Aunt Emma and family lived in Somerfield. They relocated to Friendsville, MD...just up the road. Their family made an easy transition and made new friends. Their son went on to earn a Purple Heart in New Guinea. He then relocated again to mainland Australia.
It was quite traumatic for others, however. A friend of ours had an Aunt who never recovered from their brand new home (located at the end of the main street) being razed. They had all their savings in it. I do not think compensation was very good.
Thank you for your interest! There is always the human element.
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Thank you for talking about this. Almost sounds similar to what happened here in Ontario in 1958. Nine villages and hamlets were lost when the Hydro company and the St. Lawrence canal wanted to expand. Only after did they submerge these nine villages and hamlets did they realize the ships were too big and everything was done in vain. Milles Roches, Moulinette, Dickinson's Landing, Wales, Farran's Point and Aultsville; and the hamlets of Woodlands, Santa Cruz and Maple Grove all lost much like this town. Some buildings were saved and you can visit them an upper Canada’s Village along with the lost villages museum. The two towns they created Ingleside ( home of residents from Aultsville, Farran's Point, Wales, Dickinson's Landing, Woodlands, and Santa Cruz) and Long Sault (home of the Mille Roches, Maple Grove, and Moulinette) for the displaced people. It’s really interesting when you look at a map before all this happened and a map afterwards. Crazy just how much land they took.
When I was a kidd we used to jump off bridges similar to that and seeing that rebar straight up and down makes me think how many times did we just miss getting hurt real bad or worse
I dropped by the neighbor’s once when the grandparents were sitting out with their family. We got to talking about such a railroad bridge over an irrigation canal locally, and Grandpa asked Grandma, “Didn’t your brother get hurt jumping off that bridge?”
She said, “No. He sat there so long trying to get up the nerve, he got a _really bad_ sunburn!”
Ouch, I can not imagine jumping off any bridge not knowing what lies beneath the water
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They knew (if you are responding to me), it was just a rather high double arch concrete bridge. I suppose 25 feet/ 8 meters. You did have to know which arch to jump off of, though. It was on a canal curve, and the inner side was silted up to only about 6 feet deep. Way too shallow!
PDOT or someone should remove that rebar while the lake level is low, someone could get hurt.
I thought the very same thing.
I worked for the corp of engineers at yough lake for years and it was my job to tell the story of the towns that were submerged to create the lake and why. The bridge remedies every 10 to 15 years due to winter draw down of the lake levels. A little secret we locals know is we can tell how bad a winter is predicted to be by how low they draw down the lake. Yes it has been drier than normal but no where near the driest years. The corp needs the lake levels to be low due to predicted heavy snow melt in the spring. I grew up in this community and was lucky enough to have an elementary teacher who lived in somerfield before the town was submerged. Her family was the last to be forced out. She hated the lake and the corp until the day she died. Many of the old timers felt that way over the government taking privately owned land just so the city of pittsburgh wasn't flooded again like the st. Patrick's day flood of 1936. Remember this was right after the Great Depression and this area was still reeling from those effects. The bridge is made of sandstone and that is the true marvel of its survival. Sandstone does hold up well in water but the workmanship of this bridge is defying that issue. Come an enjoy our little time capsule while it's still visible.
Thanks for sharing your personal story to the wider story of this lake. I bet she was a feisty teacher who could hold her own with any class. Thanks again.
Thank you for sharing 💕
I wish I could come and see it.
Thank you for sharing your story about this
i am an old buck of 77 love history and happy to see younger people involved.
You’d be surprised how many of us younger folks are interested in history and our past! I’ve always been fascinated with our past!
I am a title abstractor in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. This area is contained there. My experience has yielded that the borough once there, is still described currently in many deeds. Though normally under water, the “lots” of Somerfield, still exist are very much living history for me. When the properties of Somerfield were taken by Eminent Domain by the Army Corp of engineers, the “YOUGH” pronounced “yok” to local, became a great recreational destination for many.
Great to see so many enjoying my community.
Is this from a drought or a company using it up.
@ a drought !
Pronounced yok. ;)
Somerfield...
The river originates in West Virginia which is under a severe drought. The dam and lake have major duties besides flood control. First is recreation, both with the lake and down river. Ohiopyle has white water rafting, further down stream is kayaking, fishing, and boating. The dam also has a hydro electric plant that was added to supply Seven Springs ski resort. Public water is pumped out further down stream by many communities.The lake levels are dropped only at a measured rate to maintain all of the above.
Back in early 70s I was fishing with my Dad and Uncle Bill on the lake. My Dad caught a brass doorknob. Lol.
That sounds uncomfortable... I wouldn't have wanted to swim after. Lol
Big trees under water give me the heebie-jeebies.. a whole town!? No thanks!!!
@@jamiekeno8487Summersville Lake in WV is the same. The town of Gad is at the bottom
Did it put up much of a fight?
My grandmother lived there. Her house was under where the original high bridge was. She was one of the ones that were "relocated" when the dam was built. Also, the great crossing bridge has been visible several times since it was flooded.
The National Road, aka Cumberland Road, runs through the middle of Indianapolis, my hometown. It forms Washington Street (US 40) a main east-west thoroughfare. I love these types of videos.
Another classic example of the countryside suffering to satisfy the cities. Thanks for your video. And yes, a beautiful day.
True, to keep from flooding, considering people died in the flood maybe ok
We went there about 2 weeks ago and the lake had much more water. Your film showed much more of the exposed village and archa!eology. We really enjoyed your video
The lone Pile in the middle you mentioned is most likely a “test” pile, they would drill in 4 production or permanent piles to be used as “reaction piles” to place large steel beam on, and bolt it down to them, place a specialized hydraulic jack under the beam on the test pile to simulate the load it’s designed to carry. The large timbers bolted together are commonly called “crane mats” or “pontoons” they are more modern, most likely from the newest bridge, they would have been on top of a barge and a larger drill rig would be placed on top of them.
Agree with you on crane mats .
Great video. Here in our area when the dams let go, they found an old steam shovel at the bottom of the lake. Bunch of guys are now working to get it restored.
Excellent job of narrating this video. Your speaking voice is easy to understand and pleasant to hear.
That is great to see that old bridge there! Those old cement guard rails did come from the second bridge being built and they torn it down by piece when the 2006 bridge was being built the third updated bridge, being a kid I was excited to see the old Somerfield town submerge from the water and back then I remembered those old cement guard rails and the old town, one thing though that is gone, you used to see fence post there along the old road and see where the house and businesses once stand. Sad that's all gone now!
Nah it looks like an old bridge that was blown up (collapsed all of the supports). the remains look too organized to be from getting removed peices by piece. No crew would align it back up in a perfect straight line during removal.
Great video! Thanks. The water level is always dropped in the fall for winter and spring runoff. Also, we here in western PA have had very little rain this past summer and fall. Unusual for this part of the state but not unheard of. So that is why the water level is so low.
Right, ythe talk of global warming is just more liberal jibberish
I love the design and craftsmanship of old stuff like that bridge
Pennsylvania has a stone arch bridge that is around 3000 feet long and still in use.
Lake Erie is said to be the oldest of the Great Lakes. I can only imagine what’s beneath any of them. This was a great video. Thank you for sharing.
Cool to see the three generations of bridges. Funny that the oldest one is the coolest looking one. Thanks for the video man. Good work 👍
That how it goes, sadly. When I was growing up there was a beautiful iron bridge from the 1920s a few miles from here, it was kind of a landmark for the area. They demolished it about fifteen years ago and built a boring flat concrete bridge in it's place. Modern stuff is usually so plain and utilitarian and doesn't last nearly as long as things used to.
The grooved blocks are ceramic building blocks, used much the same way as a cinder or concrete block would be used. They predate the popularity of concrete blocks somewhat; concrete blocks became much more common after about 1890, when the Portland Cement process was developed, which made concrete much less expensive. The concrete sidewalks would also have replaced brick, stone or wooden sidewalks at about that same time. The grid of small pits in the concrete sidewalk were probably made to imporve footing in winter, when the sidewalkwould have been icy. The can top, with the seperable pull tab dates between 1962 and 1975. This type of pull tab was invented to remove the necessity of using a punch-in can opener (a "church key") to open a beverage (usually, a beer) can. It went out of use because the loose pull tabs were thrown away everywhere, and they had sharp edges, which often cut the feet of people walking barefoot on a beach. The can top you found was probably dropped from a boat, someone fishing (and, drinking a beer) on the lake during the 1960s. Those pull-tabs are an excellent archaeological horizon marker, in America, at least--they are durable (aluminum), they are everywhere, and they were common for only about 13-15 years.
Thank you for all the information! I love learning stuff like that
Those pull tabs were in common use into the 80s.
Remember linking pull tabs together to create chains. And the hat bands *cowboy hat
@@missingremote4388 We just made them chains as long as we could.
In the US the last disposable pull ring tab cans were manufactured in 1983. Having first been patented in 1963. The modern Statab style can was patented in 1975 by Reynolds Metals Co. and quickly adopted in the US, but it wouldn't be until 1990 that the switchover was complete in Europe. I would assume they were out of use in Canada by 1983 as well, but I don't know. No idea about Mexico. Pull ring cans continued to be in common use well into the 21st century in places like Egypt and India, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're still in production and use to this day in many countries. Perhaps others from around the world can chime in whether they still use them or not! Or when they were phased out locally.
I used to live in the area, worked for the corp of engineers for a summer, then joined the Army. I usually go back every year to hunt and visit family. Nice to see this documented for others to view. I will be back for deer season and will go visit the bridge again. Thanks for the video.
This was really interesting to watch! I love seeing artifacts and how the lay of the land was in earlier times. Thanks for doing this, good job!
I live an hour drive from this site, and I was unaware that this lake was emptying. I spent part of my childhood swimming and camping near the dam. I was surprised to see this.
The lake is drained down every year, but because of the drought, it is exceptionally low this year
Love your video, exploring like you are is something Id love to do on a regular basis, there's so many interesting things to see. Thanks for sharing.
When I was little in the late 80’s -early 90’s, my family had a “waterfront” cabin like you talk about around the 25-minute mark. I was very young when it was sold, maybe 5 or 6, but I remember that we had to walk down a steep stone path through the woods to get down to the dock. It was just like those docks you show sitting there on the mud. I have no idea anymore where that cabin would have been on the lake and both my parents have since passed away, so I have no one to ask. But I suppose it could have been right there where you were filming!
This was really fascinating! I had to do some checking out and I looked on Google maps and the satellite photo of the area shows the water level down to the point that the original bridge was starting to emerge and you can see the original road, sidewalks, and building foundations. Street view showed the lake at it's fullest. Really appreciate the time you took to make the video and share this find to us.
We have a similar occurrence in Derbyshire, here in England. When the Ladybower and Derwent Reservoir was built they flooded two small villages. In the hottest summers the water level will drop low enough for you to walk on the bottom and explore the ruins, it’s fascinating.
My compliments to you. What a wonderful discovery and exploration. The church that I attend here in upstate New York is 200 years old and the building will be 200 years old in eight years (completed in 1832). Just fascinating to enjoy such old architecture.
Solid stuff. Thanks for allowing us to explore this special opportunity with you. Wind noise was no big deal. Edit: Subtitles helped mitigate wind noise.
They rebuilt the US 40 bridge roughly about 30-40 years ago. Those pillars sticking up under the new bridge are from the old bridge.
More like 20 years ago
Yes, it was rebuilt around 2005.
Had to 21:25 laugh when you said “crick” my husband is from western Pa, he says that as well. I always tell him there is no “I” in creek. It’s a long E! lol I have from northern VA.
I'm from Western NY (outside buffalo) and I grew up calling it a crick. I had to replay the video at that point to make sure that I heard him right.
Its crick here in this area of Pa
Do you “wosh”, or “worsh” your hands?
Northeast ohio we call it a crick here too lol
The "road" at roughly 16:55 is the old bridge deck. Those pieces were placed there. You can see the monolithic pour with the "step" for a gutter line. Then the railing was poured with a cold joint later on. You can see this in your inset picture at 21:31. The initial wing walls are solid concrete, but if you look further down the span, you can see the daylight shining through the "Pa. Scenic rail".
Interesting video. I like that you did your homework and have added historic photos. In the 1980s, I watched Keetly a small ranching community being removed, and another part of Highway 40 relocated for the consequences of Jordan L reservoir. They named it that after the name of one of the ranches who's owner fought the hardest to stop the prodject. I met him . I was building a log home and R.V. park office at what is just bellow the dam. Another example of you can destroy anything as long as you put up a plck and name your new development or, in this case, after something or someone that's going away.
This was extremely interesting! I hate it when man changes the Earth. I live in Massachusetts and it kind of slightly reminds me of the Quabbin Reservoir and how they flooded out towns and took their land away and tore down structures... Although Quabbin was a lot more extreme. Great video, thank you for sharing. 👍
Yes, the towns of Enfield and Dana were razed, to make the Quabbin reservoir. I've been over there several times, when I lived in S. Amherst. I would travel through Belchertown over to the Quabbin. It is quite an expansive area out there, and those towns were once flourishing.
Very cool story.
At least they removed the houses before they flooded it. My town did not. The peaks pop out every so often. I can’t imagine the amount of asbestos or lead in our water. But as of late, the water level remains pretty consistent. I saw the DAR sign on the old toll building. Equally cool stepping back through time. 😊
Hi, we live in Somerset County, PA, explored like you, and hope (even though not shown on your video) you saw what is left of the tree line along the main street of Somerfield. It must have been stately. So amazing to see the sawed trunks and what being under water for so long created of them. Hard to believe anything of them is still left.
Thank you for your good documentation of this 2024 occurrence.
Thanks for clarifying where Jockey Hollow was and pointing out the second bridge, which is what I inferred from looking at the ruins. Great commentary. Thanks!
This is incredible! Thank you for sharing. My husband is from Cumberland MD. And we've never heard of this little town
No bodies like they found in lake Mead? I'm surprised by the lack of modern trash. Kudos to the lake users for not trashing it up.
East vs west man. Its just nasty out weat. East coast is full of untouched forests.
@@mr.l520 You would be surprised. PA was almost denuded by 1900 as were many eastern states. In PA we're now enjoying forests that were replanted by the CCC during the 1930's depression.
Side walks dimpled to prevent you from slipping when wet or icy
There's a pile of 55 gal barrels full of concrete yes bust you got to know the area to understand. Not my business not my problem
To be honest, any trash is probably swept down river to the dam.
G'day Nole, new subscriber from Australia 🇦🇺, great video and history on the former community there. I love historical sites and it's stories. 😊😊😊
The last area you were in (Jockey Hollow) does fill up with water when they close the gates at the Dam in Confluence, Pa. That happens in early Spring when the snow is melting. The docks you saw on the banks will be floating and have power boats moored to them.
I grew up in Confluence and it's a small town
@@lisagroff640 I always loved going to Confluence as a kid. We had property in F riendsville ,Md , near the border of Addison. The people in the community were great and we contributed to the community.
@@kennethjacobs2151 growing up in Confluence everybody knows everyone and we have our own kind of language
I have always believed that once seven springs payed to have the hydro power plant put in at the dam. The water has always gone down to low for the boat owners to enjoy the lake before the deadline to have your boat out of the water. @@lisagroff640
When I was a child in the '50s they used to have what you just called pockmarked concrete to help provide a skid proof surface during ice and snow weather
It really makes me wonder what’s underneath all of the other rivers and lakes I’ve been on. Great video Sherlock Noles!
That boat dock in Jockey Hollow will be floating again in the spring-- or at least it should be, if there's normal or close to normal snow and rain this winter and spring. At 20:33, in the far background on the western shore, you can see a structure. It's the Laurel Yacht Club. My Grandfather helped build it. In the spring when water level is high, the dock is right up against the end of an access road. As the summer goes on and the water level gets lower, the usual thing to do is move the dock further out so that the boats don't grounded or stuck in water too shallow.
Very well done, thanks so much for bringing this to us!
Very, very interesting! I’ve always love exploring abandoned places and knowing it’s history! Safe travels in all you do!
Resident of Addison here. Good God you are at the Anchor?!?!? A dive bar if there ever was one! Addison probably hasn't had this much attention since the time of Braddock's expedition! I guess I'll have to hit me over to the other side of town and check this out!
It might look like a dive bar, but it’s very clean and has REALLY good food!
I suspect the engine blocks were for a similar purpose as the concrete drum/barrel. regardless, I'm glad someone noted it will someday be rebuilt! LOL
My guess is that the "extra pillar" under the new bridge is a "demonstration" drilled shaft.
They drilled a concrete column into the mud and then load-tested it to prove that the theoretical basis for all of the "production" pillars was valid.
The why the town was flooded reminds me of the Town of Aitch (For most of my life, I thought it was called Town of H and learned just a few years ago it had a real name) and the other 2 places I cannot remember anymore, when they built Raystown Lake Dam. I grew up hearing stories of eminent domain that forced people off their lands, etc. To this day I have no idea what's truth and what's just urban legends that evolved over the years. It's pretty neat to see history exposed like this. Thanks for taking the time to go explore and share!
Great video. The “machinery” at 14:25 looks like a small block chevy motor. The other is an inline 6 cylinder engine. I miss them both.
I agree with you regarding both engines. Unmistakably an old Chevy block. 👍💯
I'm not surprised that's a Chevy block cause that's where the town's junk yard use to be.
Small block chevy’s are literally everywhere 😎
I measured/calculated it as a 327/350 (depends on crank).
@@stuglenn1112 the town was Razed before the small block chevy existed, it would have came after
I went by about a month ago and we were allowed to go on the bridge! this is an awesome video that gives great context. i remember walking down the sidewalk and imagining the tree lined streets, so seeing those postcards really took my breath away.
I'd actually hoped to see this, but it wasn't going to happen, so this is pretty awesome to see. Thanks for taking us along.
14:06 Those are four generations of bouy weights, which are exactly what they sound like; something big and heavy connected to a steel cable to hold a bouy in place. They're likely there for a bouy to mark a high spot or to warn of the bridge ahead.
What's interesting is you can just about mark the decade each was placed by what it is. Fascinating that there was a time that small block Chevy engines were so cheap you'd just chuck it in a lake when it broke down.
The concrete filled barrel is likely from the 1980's and the wooden box filled with concrete would be the newest, being the "environmentally friendly" option. The "bracing" is rebar embedded in the concrete for handles to attach the steel cables and for lifting it to chuck it over the side of the boat.
So the engine block was probably used as an anchor for a bouy? What is the other piece of machinery? Where did the bouys go?
My wife and I crossed over the new bridge 2 days before you were there. We were on our way home our daughters house in Maryland. I wish we would have stopped. I've been across the bridge many times in my life and have never seen the lake that dry. Awesome video!
My town dredged the millpond in the early 2000s and found a few interesting things, including a super old rusted up revolver. Town was a popular place for the gangsters to hang out in the prohibition era so we assume it was related to that somehow.
The concrete at what looks like a road looks like the bridge decking roadway from the second bridge. The big wooden planking pieces are what tracked equipment would lay down on soft surfaces to traverse without sinking in the mud. Such as a crane used to construct the new bridge
I love history so much! To get out there and explore like you would be amazing
I remember back in 91 when it was that low. Before it was that low I remember people backing their trucks down there and launching their John boats off the bridge.
There were a picture on the front page of the Heard Standard. Not long after the 3rd arch was exposed the army corps put a jersey barrier in front of the bridge to keep people from doing that and driving their cars onto it. There was even less water back then. I remember a couple different people I met or knew trying to wade across the water to walk across the lake. Yes you are correct. That is the remains of the second bridge. I have pictures of my children in there teens walking on both bridges. The one that you recorded and the one demolished.
Great vid, well done!
Thank you for sharing. It was very informative.
Great presentation of very interesting ruins of a town destroyed. That old bridge is insanely well engineered! You are so well spoken too. Just subbed to see more of your videos.
The V8 block is super rare....Chevy 302 (67-69 only). It'll have a stamped number on it the ends in "DZ". The other machine at 14:46 is a Chevy "turbo thrift", which is 292 cubic inch strait 6...and this one has head still on it. It looks like an early block (63-65) but they used this engine up until 1990. That being said, both engines were dumped there since they weren't even invented until the 1960's. My guess is that the same person dumped them both off a boat in the 70's or early 80's. I've owned multiple version of both engines!
Get @jenningsmotorsports7554 to take a crack at it, he'll get it running again ;)
"My guess is that the same person dumped them both off a boat in the 70's or early 80's"
Probably dumped from a truck during a drought. probably there was a lot more garbage dumped there, but it all washed away leaving only the heavy block. kinda silly to dump it, when it could have been sold for scrap.
I lived in Uniontown from 2004 till 2016. I spent many of summer days and nights out and around that lake. Boating, fishing, swimming, and partying. It is a shame to see it so low like that. My first time across the new bridge was just weeks after it opened.
Then you'd remember the 2005 drought that exposed it, there were pictures in The Herald Standard back then.
This is why you dont jump off random bridges
That’s what happened to the town
Kanawha River Valley WV here, enjoyed the video and the history and geological value. Thank you.
For any history buff. The National Road is a treasure trove of information and excitement. Those old tool houses are passed by millions of drivers and never paid much attention, also next time you are on the Road look for the Monuments dedicated to the pioneers . We used to call them Madonna of the Plains, there are several strung along the route. And the mileage marker stones, and there are several more bridges that are worthy of discovery including the famous S bridges. Others could give us much more detail and location of many more wonderful places along The National Road
If you trace a straight line to oak Island it probably lines up to the stone road. 😂. Thanks for the video! Very cool
The wood plankes that are bolted together are called panels. They're used to make it so large machinery could drive out onto muddy ground without sinking.
Timbermats
They're called mats. "ground protection mats" Never heard them called panels.
We were just there a week ago. It's amazing how low the water was when we were there. As a civil engineer, it was fascinating to look at and analyze.
Great video, thanks for sharing, living in Central PA, I wonder what Raystown would look like if it was drained......
Nice that you are informative yet humble. After each exploration video, you already spend time learning what you don’t know. Being a scholar is wise and honorable. In older times, men prided themselves on learning all they could, travelling, and self educating. They learned from others, especially our oldest generations. Seej their knowledge, mist love younger people asking. Many elderly Americans have so much life knowledge not recorded in books or videos. You are on an amazing path of fun and discovery. Thank you.
Yeah dang that wind was a bummer. I couldn't hear you well sometimes. But I still subbed! Lol. I love this sort of thing and seek "modern ruins" to explore as often as I can. I enjoyed your video immensely. Looking forward to checking out some of your old videos and what's next. 👍👍
Jockey Hollow is used as a boat ramp/launch area & those docks are in the water as is the whole Jockey Hollow area, the water is extremely low right now but come springtime, people will be launching boats there as usual
Great to see younger generations carrying on our interest of where we've come from.
This is fascinating! I hope that prairie continues to grow back. Thanks for exploring that and sharing what you discovered.
How cute youngster thinking a pop top is old! LOL. Make me feel old.
The last year those type of tops were made was 1975~ That'll be 50 years ago in just a few months~ I'd consider that pretty old~
@@Buttermilkjug However since the pop to can was invented by Ermal Fraize in 1959, that can is nearly 20 years newer than the lake. It came from a boat. Beer and boating, who would have thought they would go together.
@@millardiii Alright~
@@Buttermilkjug not making me feel younger! lol!
Looks like a bait can lid to me. Maybe not so very old.
I live 5 minutes from this. You drop the water down to a bare minimum every fall. So the winter snows and runoff in the spring. Fill it right back up to the top. The end part of your video showing Jockey hollow that goes green within a week and a half of draining the lake so they will drain it bit by bit during fall. But in summer that will be 100% full every year. This is the first time it has gotten this low but on a normal you year you can see the bridge. It is just those. Never gotten this slow. Normally you cannot access to the bridge after due to mud
You did a great job on this video and I thank you for all your hard work. The audio was fine. I subbed!
Very cool history. The old bridge I bet was a spectacular sight when it was new. Amazing that it has held up this long. Thanks for sharing.
Fascinating, thank you!
Such wonderful history. I live in Georgia and we have things like that down here. Thank you so much for sharing. 🤩
Thank you. Very interesting. A lot of our American History there. 👍
Very cool tour, having gone under that bridge so many times in boats, its weird to see it that way.
The lake fills back up every year. This spring it was within a couple feet of its record high level. Jockey Hollow will fill up again this spring and the docks will be clear up at the trees. The steps/walk ways to the docks are there because the lake does this every year.
One thing, I looked up the area and there was two bridges before the new one was completed in 2006, got a photo shot of the 2005 view. So those old cement rails are from the old bridge.
I could be wrong, but your can top is probably from the 60's or 70's . The 50's or 40's would have been either a cone top can or you needed a "church key" (can opener with a metal V to poke into the can).
Very cool, thanks for letting me know! Almost all the beer cans there were of that same style
These were almost certainly thrown overboard from boats. When I was a kid in the ‘70s, people would save those pull tabs to link together to form decorative chains.
In the US the last disposable pull ring tab cans were manufactured and sold in 1983. Having first been patented in 1963. The modern Statab style can was patented in 1975 by Reynolds Metals Co. and quickly adopted in the US, but it wouldn't be until 1990 that the switchover was complete in Europe. I would assume they were out of use in Canada by 1983 as well, but I don't know. No idea about Mexico. Pull ring cans continued to be in use well into the 21st century in places like Egypt and India, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're still in production and use to this day in some countries.
This happened in new Jersey recently too,reservoirs are drying up do to drought in the north east,a stone three arch bridge showed up just like the one in PA,route 23 old town of franklinville emerged.
I find this interesting for sure .
You are a complete natural!...totally cool video, you deserve more subs!
I liked your video and the historical pictures too. At the 21:24 minute mark I loved when you said the word crick instead of the word creek. That brought me back to my childhood summers spent in Renovo, Pennsylvania in Clinton County. There was a creek in Renovo called Kettle Crick as the people in Renovo pronounced it. I've lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania my entire life and I haven't heard someone say the word crick since the 1960's. (probably before you were born)
I was raised til age 10 in Clearfield County! It’ll always be “crick” to me
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About 1968 or '69 a friend and I walked through the old town of Gilboa, New York which is part of the New York city water supply system. It was amazing to see the flagstone main sidewalks and the sidewalks leading to the old home foundations. The stumps of the maples lining the streets were also still there. At the age of 14 or 15 I was not only fascinated but disgusted that this once vibrant village had to give up its life, along with many other towns in the Catskills, to quench the thirst of the big city a hundred miles away.