tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790016.post5624642483208545941..comments2024-03-29T03:40:45.267-04:00Comments on Princeton Nature Notes: "Dam Nation" Film Showing FridaySteve Hiltnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814809440369173963noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790016.post-61240682631545416522015-02-06T11:30:50.817-05:002015-02-06T11:30:50.817-05:00Thanks--now I have a new destination to look forwa...Thanks--now I have a new destination to look forward to once the ice melts (and the cast is off my wrist!)Cindy Carlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790016.post-28384617421767511152015-01-30T21:17:46.756-05:002015-01-30T21:17:46.756-05:00That's a good dam story, and vice versa.That's a good dam story, and vice versa.Steve Hiltnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814809440369173963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790016.post-12333051401671130592015-01-28T22:53:17.185-05:002015-01-28T22:53:17.185-05:00Cindy, your question led me to try taking the jour...Cindy, your question led me to try taking the journey down the Millstone via google maps. It's like taking a helicopter ride down the watershed, without the carbon footprint. I access google maps from my gmail. Type in Manville, NJ as a destination from Princeton, and you'll see the path of the Millstone down to where it connects with the Raritan. If you zoom in and click on the satellite box in the lower left, you'll get an aerial map, and can then drag the map right to left, tracking the Millstone River/DR Canal duo as they flow down to where the water plant is, next to the river where it passes by Manville. If you take Canal Road downstream, there are various pulloffs along the way if you want to walk along the canal on the towpath. There's a nice prairie preserve and llama ranch partway down on the right, and the East Millstone Antiques and Cafe is a nice place to stop. It looks like 549 Weston Canal Road is directly across from a pullover next to the confluence of the Raritan and Millstone Rivers, where there's a dam and also some paths down to where the water plant is. Steve Hiltnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814809440369173963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790016.post-59492564133605418522015-01-28T16:32:47.192-05:002015-01-28T16:32:47.192-05:00I read your older post about kayaking. Where woul...I read your older post about kayaking. Where would you suggest we pick up the towpath if we wanted to walk the area you described? By the way, I really enjoys your posts.Cindy Carlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30790016.post-54007567189540170082015-01-28T15:16:25.146-05:002015-01-28T15:16:25.146-05:00Hey Stevie,
Reminds me of a story a workmate of mi...Hey Stevie,<br />Reminds me of a story a workmate of mine once told. He once worked as an inspector in the Dam Safety program here in NC. Dams of a certain size were required to be permitted for public safety reasons. Each one was identified by its location or its owner. There was one on the property of a rural Pentecostal church…the Holt’s Pond Church of God, which in the Dam Safety program was referenced as the Holt’s Pond Church of God Dam! Despite being the God-fearing man he was, he nonetheless thought that was a hoot.<br />Your buddy, <br />Perry<br />Perry from Durhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07363870467811010800noreply@blogger.com