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Batsto Village NJ Blacksmith and Wheelwright Shops

PaGlenn

PaGlenn

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New Milford Penna
Visited Batsto Village in southern New Jersey for a antique flea market this past weekend. The village had a pig iron furnace during the Revolutionary War that manufactured cannon balls and other military items. They tried but were not successful in growing sugar beets and peanuts in the nineteenth century. They have a wheelwright and blacksmith shop and I have attached some pics. The fourth pic is from the wheelwright shop. They will be having a country fair on Oct 21 which is free since the village is run by The National Park Service. The mansion gives tours and that has a fee. At Bottom of post is a link to Batsto's history.

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Batsto Village NJ History
 
You want to go to that country living and small engine show. The only problem is they cancel it if it rains. I go every year with a pile of my toys. Past couple of years i have set up with my big Husqvarna towing a trailer wity a big Teddy bear driving it. Have a bunch of other stuff also. Two years ago they had to shut the show down. They ran out of parking! People were walking almost two miles into the show after parking along the access roads. They were actually turning people away. Well worth going to. The females like the other side of the show were the country living hanycrafts are. Bring some bottles of water and eat on the way there. Plenty to eat but the lines are crazy.
 
Do you remember the guy who used to bring that CAT D-9 Bulldozer? Momma that was a huge machine. Had to take it home with TWO trucks. One trailer for the dozer and another just for the blade. He would bring it in on Saturday afternoon. By the end of the day Sunday the tracks had sunk Four inches into the ground. What a monster. He said it was one of the machines used to build the Atlantic City Expressway. Lined them up and just started pushing.
 
Like this one? This is a 1958 D-9. No Hydraulics, just a cable lift and a ripper in the rear. Monsters like this I remember when they built the Parkway in '55.
 
(quoted from post at 06:30:23 10/03/18) Like this one? This is a 1958 D-9. No Hydraulics, just a cable lift and a ripper in the rear. Monsters like this I remember when they built the Parkway in '55.
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No photo....his was all hydraulic. Watched him and a helper load that baby onto the trailers. Took about an hour. Saw it there three or four years. Think he sold it maybe 8 or 9 years ago. When he was up sitting on that thing he looked like a two year old little kid up there. His didn't have the sun roof on it because of bridge clearance restrictions.
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