For a bit of clarification: The Tubal Germanna site
is the furnace site on Pipe Dam Run between the
Chancellorsville Battlefield and a bend in the
Rappahannock River (approx. 38.330408 N, 77.611340 W
according to Google Earth). The site of the furnace
and dam are in the stream valley just above where
Spottswood Furnace Road crosses. The first Germanna
settlement and Tubal blockhouse are on a promontory
east of the run and on the Rappahannock side of a
gas (?) pipeline right-of-way. This is quite far
removed from the later Germanna settlement on the
Rapidan (about 4.1 miles as the crow flies), 7.6
miles from Fredericksburg, and 13.7 miles from the
forge site on Massapponax Creek.
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Longwood University
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---- Original message ----
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 20:37:26 -0500
From: Sunshine49 <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Tubal Germanna
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>He indicated it was a small parking lot by the
river [maybe for
>boaters or fishermen?] so maybe it wasn't the
furnace, but it was
>something and he seemed happy that it was
protected under the layer
>of asphalt. Yes, it's still pretty rural, but new
shopping areas are
>creeping in, and housing.
>
>Nancy
>
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>I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for
three days.
>
>--Daniel Boone
>
>
>
>On Mar 9, 2007, at 5:44 PM, Lyle E. Browning
wrote:
>
>> On Mar 9, 2007, at 4:42 PM, Sunshine49 wrote:
>>
>>> When I was recently out there doing some
look-ups, the man at the
>>> library said something, I think it was the
furnace, was now under
>>> a small paved parking lot near the river, and
so protected. I
>>> think it is on land that is preserved, not
open to development.
>>> Look it up and send them an email.
>> I fervently hope it wasn't the furnace as it
sticks out of a
>> hillside and would have to have been flattened
for that to happen.
>> I'm sure it wasn't the furnace as it's beside a
stream up against a
>> hill and as it's entirely rural, there's no
parking lot needed.
>>
>> Lyle Browning, RPA
>>
>>>
>>> Nancy
>>>
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