Took a walk in the woods yesterday and came across this

[artemis moon]

Took a walk in the woods yesterday and came across this..updated with photos

As you see, there's still a bit of snow on the ground here in VT, but it was nice enough to get outside yesterday, provided you wore your muck boots. I came across what I think is a foundation with this enormous hunk of rusted iron. I'm pretty sure that it's a furnace, and not a locomotive, which is what my daughter suggested. What I'm wondering is if someone can confirm my suspicion and also give me an idea as to how old it is, which will help me figure out how old the foundations are. Thanks!!

 

[artemis moon]

so i guess it was a steam boiler to help heat the sap into syrup.

Either that or maybe to run the cider press?

 

[artemis moon]

awesome,, bet ya find a bunch of old nails
but also bet ya find some goodies ,,,

I'm going to check it out on Saturday, if I can find where I packed my headphones ! I've got so many square nails, I'm really hoping for some goodies! Will let you all know what turns up.

 

[Metro Retro]

I thought it was a still (for moonshine) -- but steam boiler sounds good too.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Good luck and hope the weather warms up for you.

 

[artemis moon]

Just thought I'd post some close up photos of the steam boiler that I took this weekend.

 

[cw0909]

I spoke to the elderly gentleman who owns the property that the steam boiler/foundation sits on. Turns out his father and grandfather owned an apple orchard (I noticed what I thought were apple trees growing around the property) which produced cider and also maple syrup on that site into the late 30's. He gave me permission to detect the site. If it ever warms up here (it's 38 today), I may just get out there and have a more in depth look.

nice now figure out what part of the building they sold the syrup and cider from, i can hear the silver coin ringing up
the img that shows the road, maybe you can find the driveway that went up near the building HH