Another Trip to Redstone

"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion) 08/12/2019 at 12:41 • Filed to: Neat but not sasquatch

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A few weeks ago I went mountain biking near Conway, NH and stumbled on an abandoned quarry, along with a ton of old machinery in various states of disrepair. You can read about that !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (my post) or !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (an actual history of the quarry).

I went back this weekend with my father-in-law who wanted to see it. We didn’t immediately find the huge lathe, but we stumbled on another old building first:

It’s amazing that place hasn’t been burned to the ground yet.

Then we made our way back over to the incredible piece of machinery that lurks in the forest:

This thing stands about 6' tall and is 3" thick

There’s still grease in there:

I really should bring a better camera next time, but I’m more interested in taking the little time I have to go for a bike ride. As it was, I ate up 30 minutes or so exploring this area again, but it’s neat. Definitely won’t by my last time there, for sure. Supposedly there are other things I have yet to find.

facw > functionoverfashion 08/12/2019 at 13:02

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Those first two buildings look like most of my Fallout 4 settlements.

Tripper > functionoverfashion 08/12/2019 at 13:06

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That’s a pretty good “heartdick” painted on that cushion.

functionoverfashion > facw 08/12/2019 at 13:16

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It definitely has a war-zone kind of feel, except that it’s in a quiet forest with no one around. I have little doubt that high school kids go there often. There are also multiple places to park for access, so if they’re smart, they wouldn’t even have to park in the same place. In fact, they could park in a nearby wal-mart parking lot and just walk a little.

Nah, who am I kidding, high school kids are nowhere near clever enough to do that. 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > functionoverfashion 08/12/2019 at 13:19

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That old engine is awesome...

functionoverfashion > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/12/2019 at 14:44

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Aside from a 20-ish-foot-long polished granite column just sitting on the side of a trail, the old steam engine is the first thing I came across on my first trip there that let me know this used to be an industrial site. Cool stuff...