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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Dr. David S. Hardin
Assistant Professor of Geography
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Longwood University
Farmville, Virginia 23909
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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
    To: [log in to unmask]

    >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
    >
    >-------
    >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
    >>>
    >>> -------