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This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 4:28:51 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline Joe says this outhouse in our yard is at least 110 years old.  He got it at an old railroad station that was only open until 1900.  Some friends helped him move it home. Attachment (1) < Message edited by RedGinger -- 10/8/2009 4:29:11 PM > _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g Post #: 1

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 4:30:49 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline Here is the outside of the door. Attachment (1) _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 2

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 4:34:48 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline Square cut nails on inside of door. Attachment (1) _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 3

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 4:36:33 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline Toilet paper holder Attachment (1) _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 4

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 4:39:34 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline There's some junk in there, but you can see the seat under the hay. Attachment (1) _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 5

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 4:41:04 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline Roof inside Attachment (1) _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 6

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 4:45:20 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline Some claw marks on the outside.  Joe used to have rabbits, hence the attached rabbit hutch.   A bear unfortunately got one of the poor bunnies and you can see his claw marks here.  It creeps me out a little to go back there.  The deer like to come and eat hay out of the sides in the winter. Attachment (1) _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 7

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 4:55:12 PM    FloridaRecycled   Posts: 382 Joined: 7/9/2008 From: Orlando Status: offline OMG...I see a road trip in my future if y'all ever decide to get rid of it!  --minus the rabbit cage of course! Thank you SO MUCH...I just love the pics...that door in and of itself is the bomb!!!!  I'm so glad I posted that on here!  ...just remember if y'all even were to come across another... I'm so glad I got to see them before I left today! Thanks again! _____________________________ Tinna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nanna to 3 b-e-a-U-tiful boys!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 8

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 5:23:46 PM    Just Dig it Posts: 1357 Joined: 5/7/2007 From: The Whaling City Status: offline the nails in it are Wrought iron Square headed nails..alot of them were made In Wareham mass... a little place Called Tremont Nail...They made alot of the nails that buit America...Literally = ) my brains running all the creations that could be made out one now...Someone Could put the door on legs and put a piece of glass over it for a hell of a coffe table..or just put one in there house complete with a chamber pot maybe even display bottles in it.. Of course i can see its use as a decorative amazing lawn ornament..but some future diggers gonna be probing the hell out of your yard = ) Glad you Saved it Joe.. Get Well Soon! Great Post Laur < Message edited by Just Dig it -- 10/8/2009 5:27:08 PM > _____________________________ My other cars a bottle... (in reply to FloridaRecycled) Post #: 9

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 5:36:07 PM    CALDIGR2 Posts: 2270 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline That's too cool. I have done the same thing, too. I hope that you dug the RR station pit after moving the privy. This site is beginning to bug me. I have to log in every time I check it out. That's BULL! _____________________________ Dig no privy before it's time. (in reply to Just Dig it) Post #: 10

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 5:51:37 PM    Jim Posts: 3634 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline That is about the coolest little shed you could ask for. I would like to have one as well, but I have not been able to locate one that is salvageable yet. I tore one down a few years ago in exchange for digging the pit (which of course was empty!). I wanted to save it, but the roof was shot and it was not structurally sound. If I had gotten to it a few years earlier, I probably could have saved it. Mike, I was having the same problem. I started checking the "save as cookie" box when I logged in. Now, it keeps me logged in if I leave the site, but I still have to log in if I close and reopen my browser.  ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 11

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 6:01:33 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: CALDIGR2 That's too cool. I have done the same thing, too. I hope that you dug the RR station pit after moving the privy. This site is beginning to bug me. I have to log in every time I check it out. That's BULL! Actually, Joe did not dig the pit!  I don't know why!!  It was here before me, or I would have been bugging him about that!!!!!  He'll have some answers and more info for you later.  Thanks guys for your nice responses.  Tinna, I'd sell it to you.  Let's see what Joe says about it.  How much are outhouses going for these days? Eric, I like the coffee table idea!  _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 12

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 6:08:59 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline I've seen them sell for around $200-$300 around here. Don't see them often, but people like to pick them up for aesthetics (country 'charm') & are useful as tool sheds. _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 13

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 10:04:47 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9807 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline We'll probably hold onto this one for awhile....thanks....One of the reasons it's well perserved is that they'd "paint' all the old rough cut hemlock buildings w/ crude oil around here.....(cheap and plentiful) although it didn't do much for fire protection...It came from one of our local narrow gauge R.R. lines...I think I figured out the mileage once on my dirt bike ,armed w/ an old time table and this station was called "Chapin" (Just a spot in the wilderness now) however the old grade still passes the foundation and the spot where the privy was is filled w/ water, I think at the time I salvaged this I was dimly aware of digging privy's as opposed to dumps, (pre internet) but never went back there. There are old photos of the abandoned right of way dated 1906....The line went into use in the 1870's if I recall correctly. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 14

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 10:32:10 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9807 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Here's a timetable/distance table from it's last year in existence... Attachment (1) < Message edited by JOETHECROW -- 10/8/2009 10:37:14 PM > _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 15

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 10:35:59 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9807 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Here's a pic of the station.... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 16

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/8/2009 10:51:57 PM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline Apparently I offended Joe's sensibilities, so I'll just say, let's go dig that privy! < Message edited by RedGinger -- 10/8/2009 11:34:25 PM > _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 17

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/9/2009 9:52:31 AM    Penn Digger Posts: 1909 Joined: 5/12/2008 From: PA woods Status: offline Joe, What year was that?  About 10 or 12 years ago?  I remember you stopping by my brother's house on your way home with the outhouse in the back of a truck.  I also, at the time, thought WTH?  Who would recycle an out-house?  Glad it worked out for you. (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 18

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/9/2009 10:04:57 AM    bottle_head9 Posts: 1151 Joined: 4/3/2009 From: new england Status: offline Nice pictures Laur and Joe.Actually it`s in very good condition considering it doesn`t get any upkeep and has the original roof from 100+ years ago.It would be cool if you had a sign that said "CHAPIN" on it. Nice pics, thanks, Tom. (in reply to Penn Digger) Post #: 19

RE: This Old Outhouse - 10/9/2009 11:25:27 AM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline I'm not sure how you would upkeep it, besides moving some of the things stored inside of it.  _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to bottle_head9) Post #: 20

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