Historical flood at Tannehill State Park.
Our Tannehill State Park was flooded this week. Several videos on Facebook have shown us the destruction. Trailers were trapped and water was 3 ft. deep in the camping areas. The park will probably be...
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I knew that name sounded familiar. I came across it in doing research for an odd personal interest of mine, historic iron works. It's on my current list of trips to get around to, probably this fall.
Glad to see no one was hurt. Looks like the damage is all fixable, tho' it may take a while.
Observations... pretty much all of this kind of ironworks from the 1700's & well into the 1800's were water-powered. Water wheels powered huge bellows blowing engines to create the forced draft needed for the furnace to create the needed temperatures to separate iron from iron ore. So it wasn't rare for the equipment to get damaged or wiped out by spring floods. These furnaces supported pretty large communities, from actual furnace hands to wood cutters or coal miners, stable hands, and freight wagoners.
Streams tend to create flat plains as they wander back and forth over the eons. This makes a great site for a campground, but it's also a flood plain. So this kind of thing happens occasionally.
I hope they're able to get the damage fixed and the CG up and running for the big event have coming up in a few weeks. Best wishes to all involved.
Jim, "Mo' coffee!"
Glad to see no one was hurt. Looks like the damage is all fixable, tho' it may take a while.
Observations... pretty much all of this kind of ironworks from the 1700's & well into the 1800's were water-powered. Water wheels powered huge bellows blowing engines to create the forced draft needed for the furnace to create the needed temperatures to separate iron from iron ore. So it wasn't rare for the equipment to get damaged or wiped out by spring floods. These furnaces supported pretty large communities, from actual furnace hands to wood cutters or coal miners, stable hands, and freight wagoners.
Streams tend to create flat plains as they wander back and forth over the eons. This makes a great site for a campground, but it's also a flood plain. So this kind of thing happens occasionally.
I hope they're able to get the damage fixed and the CG up and running for the big event have coming up in a few weeks. Best wishes to all involved.
Jim, "Mo' coffee!"
