Identification quiz

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux) 12/31/2019 at 19:45 • Filed to: shakamak, southern indiana

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No one tackled !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! last time, so I’ll try again.

This time I don’t know the answer, although I have a theory.

While wandering Shakamak State Park this weekend, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! I found three instances of this odd construction. Any guesses?

If it helps, they were quite close to what would have been creeks before the reservoirs were dammed.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Just Jeepin' 12/31/2019 at 19:48

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The post rotted away

pip bip - choose Corrour > Just Jeepin' 12/31/2019 at 19:48

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not a clue

Just Jeepin' > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 12/31/2019 at 19:53

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They weren’t close enough together to be fence posts.

Montoviro > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 12/31/2019 at 20:02

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Yes, I see your point. I can imagine a wooden post being secured by that rig. Not sure why THAT rig, as opposed to j ust burying the post in the ground and surrounding it with concrete . The rig looks like it was intended to allow temporary supports to be dismantled at will.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Just Jeepin' 12/31/2019 at 20:04

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Maybe sign posts or a place for fording?   Given the square nuts, I’d guess from the 30's or before.

SiennaMan > Just Jeepin' 12/31/2019 at 20:07

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 My best guess is that they're there to catch large debris from trees during spring floods so that they stay in the forest instead of getting washed into the reservoir.  

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Just Jeepin' 12/31/2019 at 20:09

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Hmmm, not sure! Something mill-related, perhaps?

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Montoviro 12/31/2019 at 20:14

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but then it would rot quicker.

Its odd because whoever put it there wanted the post to last. 

DirtyDodge > Just Jeepin' 12/31/2019 at 20:51

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Clearly that is some form of colonial torture device and/or markers that will lead you t o the greatest treasure this nation has ever scene

Just Jeepin' > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 12/31/2019 at 21:00

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I think you’re close. I’ll post my guess tomorrow unless someone nails it tonight.

Noodles > Just Jeepin' 12/31/2019 at 21:32

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My wife says they’re for (and I quote) Roasting Critters.

There is no fuckin way that's right, but funny none the less.

Just Jeepin' > Noodles 12/31/2019 at 21:58

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If I ever trap a squirrel nearby I’ll be sure to give that theory a shot. 

Jayvincent > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 12/31/2019 at 22:09

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I think you are on the right path: from the Wikipedia page:

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Further development of the park also occurred with the help of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). CCC Company 522 was located in the park from 1933 until 1942. [4] 

dumpsterfire! > Just Jeepin' 12/31/2019 at 23:23

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Almost definitely bases for wooden posts. If there is a creek nearby, posts supporting a small foot bridge or cable crossing?

Fuckkinja > Just Jeepin' 01/01/2020 at 10:28

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We use similar post anchors for picnic pavilion construction. 

oldmxer > Just Jeepin' 01/01/2020 at 14:04

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looks like a foundation for a wooden post, like there was a bridge there many decades ago