glass man
Well-Known Member
I FOUND THESE YEARS AGO AT THE LOCAL CREEK HERE IN TOWN. THESE WERE SCATTERED ALONG THE CREEK, SOME ON THE BANK AND SOME JUST BARELY IN THE WATER IN DIFFERENT PLACES. THEY FEEL AND LOOK LIKE SOMETHING MADE OUT OF SANDSTONE. A GOOD WAYS UP THE CREEK FROM WHERE I FOUND THESE, THERE WAS AN IRON FURNACE. IT OPERATED FROM 1873 THROUGH THE VERY EARLY 1900S. I AM WONDERING IF THEY MIGHT BE MOLDS OF SOME SORT. THEY ARE HOLLOW ON THE INSIDE AND AS YOU CAN SEE THEY LOOK SOMETHING LIKE LARGE BOLTS AND ONE LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A MOLD FOR SOME SORT OF PLANER. IF THEY ARE MOLDS I CAN'T SEE HOW THEY COULD HAVE BEEN USED WITHOUT BEING BROKEN BECAUSE AS I SAID THEY ARE HOLLOW. THEY APPEAR TO BE HEAVY, BUT THEY ARE LIGHTER THAN YOU THINK. I WONDERED WHY THE WATER OR WEATHER HAD NOT DETERIOATED IN SOME WAY. THESE HAVE BAFFLED ME FOR YEARS. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
JAMIE
JAMIE