The iron pipe carried water from a point upstream, usually at a shallow dam to a mill downstream but away from the stream. This allowed the mill to survive a serious flood and they would only need to replace a shallow dam. Roaring Brook leading into Scranton, PA has many such pipes remaining from the late 1800s Just the pipes and parts of the foundations are left. Find the dam that supplied the water to the pipe, and the mill that used it on the other end. Thanks for the hike .
Well Charlie it was a great adventure you got to find some stuff and see some stuff that you've never seen before awesome awesome enjoy the walk with you you made me tired👍
That river water was sweeping over the rocks and that was loud, the river is wide there which was great for a mill. The pipe has me puzzled too Charlie, time, money and effort were put in but now its obsolete and just something to wonder at. The carpet of leaves has wonderful colours, the road seemed pretty clear of them and looks as though the topsoil has eroded away over the years. An interesting hike and I wonder if the cellar holes you found wi be worth detecting at some point. Thank you for sharing your time with us sweetheart, that was a lovely place to explore with some surprises along the way. Good luck and happy hunting and hiking my friend God bless you and NinJen love and hugs Mary-Ellen LFOD UK
I was working on a bridge in NE CT in the 1990s. We found strange pipes in the abutments and running under the road. Call before you dig had not known about them. It turned out that they were from the national defense missile system in the 1950s. Good Luck, Rick
I know exactly where that is. Spent a lot of time exploring those trails. A few 1000 feet before you reach the power lines to the north you will find a series of ponds all interconnected with locks. By the trail head you can still see the foundation to the pump house.
Hello Charlie. Interesting idea about pipe supplying water to mill in case of drought. Here’s a different idea. Maybe not for water but to get rid of sewage from the wool mill. I came across a similar pipe while out exploring in upstate New York. Middle of no where there’s this pipe about the diameter of yours running through the woods. Going from somewhere to somewhere. Turns out it was a pipe to deposit sewage off into the woods from a since burned down resort. Pipe was miles away from where resort used to stand. Back then people neither knew nor cared about polluting environment. Just a thought. Keep up good work Charlie. Your videos mean a lot. Nancy
I was gonna say looks like our early 1900's water works pipes, lots of wells and water towers here but I have found at least 1 old waterworks in each town, maybe an old small broken damn up stream . thanks for the wander !
Wow it is amazing to see that there is still something still standing from the old mill. The pipe in the ground is interesting. Love to see you metal detect where the old mill stands never know what you might find. I know there is a lot of trash around. It breaks my heart to see Humans Destroying and discarding trash in the woods like that. But It Was Still A Wonderful Hike And History Lesson. Maybe you can find old pictures of that mill. Thanks for the adventure Charlie, Loved Every Minute Of IT !!!!
Charlie, thanks for another fascinating video. I do wish that we in the South could have as much public land to explore... unfortunately, our history is grimmer than New Hampshire's, and almost all the land in my area is privately owned, usually by people who are inclined to shoot first and be questioned later. Your videos add meaning to LFOD. Cheers and please, keep em coming. Edit/PS - That Bell thing you found almost certainly was put there in the 1970s. There may have been lines there before then, but it's pretty clear that thing hasn't been checked since Reagan was president.
I wonder if the water line was abandoned after it was put in.It's odd how there's no sign of a dam there.Back then most mills were water powered,so they'd need to control the water level.
That makes a lot of sense. With the Bell thingy, I wonder if someone in the early to mid 70's was looking to build something there and then had to bail after the energy crisis and economic downturns in the later 70s. Both fit the timeframe.
I wonder when I see you come across a well that's been left open like that, could it be hiding a dark secret. Is there a chance that someone who went missing in the past fell into one of those wells and was unable to get out. Great exploring with you.
Steve Eady-I live in New England like Charlie.Those old colonial wells are everywhere here.You really have to watch your step in the woods.Most of them don't even have a cover.
Dennis, there's plenty of guys who do more than one thing, myself included. Not Thursday isn't just about relics and digging; it's about who we are, where we are, and who and what came before. Detecting is just one tool. Rob Finds Treasure does some metal detecting, but also coin roll hunts and smithing. Swinging Donna does a lot of detecting, but not exclusively. Growing up, there was what I always thought was a dry creek bed in the woods behind my house. It wasn't until years later that one of the neighbor kids unearthed a civil-war era bullet and we realized that it was actually a battle trench from one of the skirmishes around Atlanta. Not Thursday is the kind of channel where you can see and learn about that kind of thing, and maybe figure out how to see those things in your own walk through life. You do you, that's fine, but attacking Charlie isn't a very classy or mature thing to do, and from the comments, you should see you're not the standard here. And your grammar could use some work, as well. Please try to do better. Peace out.
The iron pipe carried water from a point upstream, usually at a shallow dam to a mill downstream but away from the stream. This allowed the mill to survive a serious flood and they would only need to replace a shallow dam. Roaring Brook leading into Scranton, PA has many such pipes remaining from the late 1800s Just the pipes and parts of the foundations are left. Find the dam that supplied the water to the pipe, and the mill that used it on the other end. Thanks for the hike .
this man knows his pipes
could also have generated electricity
@@BacktoLifeMD A.C. power may have put an end to the use of the brooks water power. The Iron works started producing in 1841.
Thanks for taking us along.
What a lovely and interesting hike. Thanks.
very nice day in the woods
Well Charlie it was a great adventure you got to find some stuff and see some stuff that you've never seen before awesome awesome enjoy the walk with you you made me tired👍
It is evidence of someone's pipe dream and contemplating the mystery of its use is a great way to spend a Not Thursday
That pipe should have a date on the bell end. Might dig around it. Keep them coming thanks
I love exploring your world with you Charlie. Thank you for your Not Thursday. Joyce ❤️🇺🇸
Cool hike, I enjoyed, crazy how low those old roads get from erosion
That river water was sweeping over the rocks and that was loud, the river is wide there which was great for a mill. The pipe has me puzzled too Charlie, time, money and effort were put in but now its obsolete and just something to wonder at. The carpet of leaves has wonderful colours, the road seemed pretty clear of them and looks as though the topsoil has eroded away over the years. An interesting hike and I wonder if the cellar holes you found wi be worth detecting at some point. Thank you for sharing your time with us sweetheart, that was a lovely place to explore with some surprises along the way. Good luck and happy hunting and hiking my friend God bless you and NinJen love and hugs Mary-Ellen LFOD UK
Some beautiful scenery ❤ minus the trash of course. That underground pipe in the middle of nowhere is very odd.
I wondered myself... could those tires be shredded and repurposed as insulation or something like that?
Must be an old ROW. I bet town hall maps would have it.
LFOD !
Batten down the hatches up there, stay safe through this storm this weekend! ✌️❤️😁
I was working on a bridge in NE CT in the 1990s. We found strange pipes in the abutments and running under the road. Call before you dig had not known about them. It turned out that they were from the national defense missile system in the 1950s. Good Luck, Rick
I was thinking on the lines of military also.
Wow impressive, people 300 years in the future will be trying to figure us out, thanks 73s
I know exactly where that is. Spent a lot of time exploring those trails. A few 1000 feet before you reach the power lines to the north you will find a series of ponds all interconnected with locks. By the trail head you can still see the foundation to the pump house.
Class 3 rapids! My vestigle kayak is itching!
Nice walk. Never know what you will find
All your videos are very good and interesting!! I have to say your camera puts out the best videos I've seen. Keep it up brother!!
Very interesting 🤓
Either they never covered the bell pipe up or that is a lot of erosion!!!!
Have a great day everyone 😀
Cool
Hello Charlie. Interesting idea about pipe supplying water to mill in case of drought. Here’s a different idea. Maybe not for water but to get rid of sewage from the wool mill. I came across a similar pipe while out exploring in upstate New York. Middle of no where there’s this pipe about the diameter of yours running through the woods. Going from somewhere to somewhere. Turns out it was a pipe to deposit sewage off into the woods from a since burned down resort. Pipe was miles away from where resort used to stand. Back then people neither knew nor cared about polluting environment. Just a thought. Keep up good work Charlie. Your videos mean a lot. Nancy
That was a pressure valve used on nauralgas lins
very good!
I was gonna say looks like our early 1900's water works pipes, lots of wells and water towers here but I have found at least 1 old waterworks in each town, maybe an old small broken damn up stream . thanks for the wander !
I've found lots of old stacked rock foundations and walls on my property, done a little metal detecting around them but need to investigate further.
I can't imagine what that massive pipe is for unless it's something for the mill???
Wow it is amazing to see that there is still something still standing from the old mill. The pipe in the ground is interesting. Love to see you metal detect where the old mill stands never know what you might find. I know there is a lot of trash around. It breaks my heart to see Humans Destroying and discarding trash in the woods like that. But It Was Still A Wonderful Hike And History Lesson. Maybe you can find old pictures of that mill. Thanks for the adventure Charlie, Loved Every Minute Of IT !!!!
I would like to see you detect around the old bridge area.
Charlie, thanks for another fascinating video. I do wish that we in the South could have as much public land to explore... unfortunately, our history is grimmer than New Hampshire's, and almost all the land in my area is privately owned, usually by people who are inclined to shoot first and be questioned later. Your videos add meaning to LFOD. Cheers and please, keep em coming.
Edit/PS - That Bell thing you found almost certainly was put there in the 1970s. There may have been lines there before then, but it's pretty clear that thing hasn't been checked since Reagan was president.
You'd think that water line would at least be on a map. Maybe check with county building registration.
I wonder if the water line was abandoned after it was put in.It's odd how there's no sign of a dam there.Back then most mills were water powered,so they'd need to control the water level.
Superior Oil And Gas Co. , natural gas not water line
That makes a lot of sense. With the Bell thingy, I wonder if someone in the early to mid 70's was looking to build something there and then had to bail after the energy crisis and economic downturns in the later 70s. Both fit the timeframe.
have any of your guys ever seen a sasquatch?
First👍
I wonder when I see you come across a well that's been left open like that, could it be hiding a dark secret. Is there a chance that someone who went missing in the past fell into one of those wells and was unable to get out. Great exploring with you.
Steve Eady-I live in New England like Charlie.Those old colonial wells are everywhere here.You really have to watch your step in the woods.Most of them don't even have a cover.
Weird place for a pipe
ductile iron bell water line for steam locomotive
Could be for the water stop for the trains
Don't think so. Wrong side of the river, and the tracks were apparently alongside.
I'd prefer you carry your detector on all your explorations. JMHO.
People don’t care where they throw trash
Big deal. It didn’t show up on ‘some map’. Stop the freakin presses for this random guy on TH-cam! 😅
I wonder if flooding was a problem and that is why the area didn’t become fruitful
Whomever had to dig to make road anyway, so why not stick a sewerline in, too...?!
All the jibber jabber while sight seeing a so called exploration ? How many of us tune in expect metal detecting ? I'm out-
None of us who actually know what "Not Thursday" is expect that.
Dennis, there's plenty of guys who do more than one thing, myself included. Not Thursday isn't just about relics and digging; it's about who we are, where we are, and who and what came before. Detecting is just one tool. Rob Finds Treasure does some metal detecting, but also coin roll hunts and smithing. Swinging Donna does a lot of detecting, but not exclusively.
Growing up, there was what I always thought was a dry creek bed in the woods behind my house. It wasn't until years later that one of the neighbor kids unearthed a civil-war era bullet and we realized that it was actually a battle trench from one of the skirmishes around Atlanta. Not Thursday is the kind of channel where you can see and learn about that kind of thing, and maybe figure out how to see those things in your own walk through life.
You do you, that's fine, but attacking Charlie isn't a very classy or mature thing to do, and from the comments, you should see you're not the standard here. And your grammar could use some work, as well. Please try to do better. Peace out.