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Here’s one of the pictures I took at Patapsco Valley State Park. Many of the picnic areas at the park are built on and incorporate the ruins of old buildings on the grounds. Many of the old buildings were used or build by the civilian conservation corps as they were shelters and homes for the corps as the park was being landscaped. All that said, I still have no idea what this piece of metal does…. Do you?
6 responses so far ↓
1 Chris // Jun 12, 2008 at 6:44 am
It looks like some kind of water valve that used to have a turning wheel on the top of it.
That’s my assessment, anyway.
2 Adam // Jun 12, 2008 at 10:14 am
It’s clearly a stanchion.
3 bryan // Jun 12, 2008 at 8:59 pm
It appears to be the base for some kind of statuary.
4 Jeff // Jun 23, 2008 at 5:34 am
I belive it was a stancion.
5 First Water Co // Jun 25, 2008 at 12:13 am
[…] on the grounds of Maryland’s first water company. Where? Well in the same place as the stancion of mystery: The building is currently used as an information stand, but the grounds still have traces of the […]
6 Thomas Viaduct // Jul 21, 2008 at 6:42 am
[…] it or not, I knew about the viaduct before I knew about Patapsco Valley State Park, where I took this and this. It was in search of this piece of railroad history, that I came aross the […]
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