Historical flood at Tannehill State Park.

Sorry to hear that. Tannehill is a great CG.

Wow! I'm sorry to hear about the flooding there. I hope everyone is okay.

Tannehill Ironworks SP had been in our plans when we came north from FL to AL last week, but we stayed closer to Montgomery instead.

We have stayed several times at Tannehill and greatly enjoyed it.

Very sorry to learn about the flooding. Wondering if any trailers were seriously damaged?

Sorry to hear that. Stayed there on our very first trip bringing our 5er 'home' to MD from TX. Got our first taste of mountain music there too, a dulcimer festival was on when we pulled in.

Hope no one was injured.

Ever notice how often CGs are located in flood prone areas? Something to think about when the rain comes bucketing down.

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!"

Handbasket wrote:
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 another interested in historic tech.

Pardon this intrusion (I have posted about our enjoyment of Tannehill) but to Handbasket: My home town is ORE CITY. So if you ever get to East Texas we can show you around a bit, though I have to tell you that little remains of the historic sites. On the other hand, there is Lone Star Steel Mill, now part of US Steel. There were old iron works around Rusk and Jefferson that I know of. Also Kelley Plow Company in Jefferson.

Now, back to the main topic in which we are all concerned: Tannehill Iron Works.