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middletom Posts: 467 |
posted 04-24-2010 10:23 PM
  
The building we are in in Amesbury, MA is an old woolen mill from the mid-nineteenth century. Alongside the building is the Pow Wow River which flows out from under the town's Main Steet after coming through the Upper Mill Yard and originating in Lake Gardner above the town. Until a few years ago a building spanned the width of the river between our building and the one opposite. In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth that building over the river was occupied by Porter's Car Station which was a stop over for trollies passing through. Besides tickets for the trolly and the sale of tobacco products, Porter's Car Station had a lunch room. A few days ago, the damn up at Lake Gardner was closed for a while for some work to be done in the river bed. A workman for our building's owner went down into the river bed a searched around in the bed a bit and found some old plated silverware that probably had been lost through the floor or by some other means from Porter's Car Station. All the plating had been worn off through the years along with much detail and identifying marks, so they look like mangled brass items that have been through hard times. We have them in our showroom as historic curiousities. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 04-25-2010 12:20 AM
Great story.... we would love to see photos IP: Logged |
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middletom Posts: 467 |
posted 08-05-2010 10:02 PM
Scott, I still intend to get pictures of those pieces, however I wish to add, though it is not quite in the line of silver plated tableware, that the worker who found the pieces mentioned above, this past week found in the riverbed a 1723 half penny. It is amazing that it sat there between a couple rocks for all those years. Oh, also more flatware has shown up, too. middletom IP: Logged |
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Hose_dk Posts: 400 |
posted 08-06-2010 01:27 AM
Yes it is fantastic to find someting like. I have hidden some spoons outside - somewhere in future people will wonder. Please add photos. both coin and silver. By the way - marks have not been worn off. They do not disapper with the silver plating. IP: Logged |
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middletom Posts: 467 |
posted 01-07-2011 07:05 PM
 In answer to your request, Scott, from so long ago, here are most of the pieces found in the Pow Wow river where the Porter Car Station formerly stood. Sorry they are fuzzy. I must get a better camera. middletom IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 01-07-2011 07:11 PM
Thank You. IP: Logged |
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