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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:19:11 AM EDT
This was a fun little hike not the best quality pics since all I had was my cell phone but it was interesting never been here before. I like the fact that you have to hike through the woods a few miles to get here not just drive up. here's a little info on the area:
The Aldridge Sawmill was first constructed by Hal Aldridge in 1905. The original mill was of wooden construction, and the equipment both for the construction and for the actual mill operations was brought into the site by ox cart. In 1906, the Burr's Ferry, Browndel & Chester Railway built a spur into the mill, and a town grew up around the mill. By 1911, there were 76 buildings at Aldridge including houses, a warehouse, hotel, company store, and company offices. Later that year, the wooden mill structure burned down and a new mill was constructed using hand- poured concrete. The new mill with its updated equipment produced 125,000 board feet of lumber per day. In 1918, the mill was sold to Kirby Lumber Company who continued to run it on a limited basis until 1923 when it was finally closed. The last of the township itself was abandoned in 1927, and the site was subsequently acquired by the U.S. Forest Service in 1935. While the town itself is gone, the abandoned shells of the four concrete mill buildings, various concrete foundations, the mill pond, and portions of the old railroad tram still remain. 
This was not part of the sawmill but my favorite pic of the forest. 
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:20:42 AM EDT
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Thank you for sharing. What is that last pic?
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:22:01 AM EDT
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Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:24:02 AM EDT
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Any chance you saw Zack and Chelsea ? How about Kessler? Haven't seen that dude in awhile.
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:26:15 AM EDT
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Thank you for sharing. What is that last pic? Where the water flows from the lake into the spring 
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:26:27 AM EDT
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Very cool man! I love stuff like this.
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:27:17 AM EDT
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Why do morons feel the need to paint grafitti and their names on everything?
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:29:11 AM EDT
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Blair Witch comes to mind!
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:30:25 AM EDT
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Any chance you saw Zack and Chelsea ? How about Kessler? Haven't seen that dude in awhile. Glenn and Shirley were going to get a divorce, but they're giving couples therapy a go. Eta cool pics OP. 
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:39:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Where the water flows from the lake into the spring https://s25.postimg.org/qy6bfdb4f/IMG_20160723_194402.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Thank you for sharing. What is that last pic? Where the water flows from the lake into the spring https://s25.postimg.org/qy6bfdb4f/IMG_20160723_194402.jpg |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 2:08:24 AM EDT
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It looked like an aqueduct but I didn't want to assume. That to me is the best looking pic. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Thank you for sharing. What is that last pic? Where the water flows from the lake into the spring https://s25.postimg.org/qy6bfdb4f/IMG_20160723_194402.jpg Mill race maybe. |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 2:14:22 AM EDT
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Pretty neat.
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Posted: 7/30/2016 2:16:25 AM EDT
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Interesting pics. 
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Posted: 7/30/2016 2:17:34 AM EDT
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Neat pics OP, thanks for sharing.
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Posted: 7/30/2016 2:23:29 AM EDT
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If those walls could talk..
Mainly about post-sawmill days. |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 2:27:52 AM EDT
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Why do morons feel the need to paint grafitti and their names on everything? Came to post this. Fucking idiots will ruin anything that paint will stick to 
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Posted: 7/30/2016 2:34:02 AM EDT
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Neat!! Love things like this! Thanks for posting!
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Posted: 7/30/2016 2:37:33 AM EDT
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If those walls could talk.. Mainly about post-sawmill days. I'll bet more than just a few young lads got there first stink finger there |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 2:42:39 AM EDT
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lol at the 7th pic much paint very graffiti!
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Posted: 7/30/2016 11:24:54 AM EDT
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Came to post this. Fucking idiots will ruin anything that paint will stick to Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Why do morons feel the need to paint grafitti and their names on everything? Came to post this. Fucking idiots will ruin anything that paint will stick to I know right what a shame. |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 11:35:53 AM EDT
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Any chance you saw Zack and Chelsea ? How about Kessler? Haven't seen that dude in awhile. I was gonna say Zack and Chelsea can kiss my ass. |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 11:38:25 AM EDT
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Very cool man! I love stuff like this. Yep,cool as hell! |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 11:42:13 AM EDT
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Long leaf pine was best pine.
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Posted: 7/30/2016 11:44:10 AM EDT
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Neat!! Love things like this! Thanks for posting! |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 11:44:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Blair Witch comes to mind! Yep or just some generic haunted spot in the middle of the woods. |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 11:55:08 AM EDT
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I love old ruins like that. There's an old limestone quarry around here where they used the old concrete buildings as backdrops for a sporting clays range. Clays will be thrown through various open windows and doorways in the old buildings. 
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Posted: 7/30/2016 12:01:34 PM EDT
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Looks sweet! Did you spray paint "fu arock" on the wall?
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Posted: 7/30/2016 12:14:07 PM EDT
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Place looks kinda *creepy*
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Posted: 7/30/2016 12:17:14 PM EDT
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There are some old abandoned mine buildings similar to that that we used to play paintball in. It was a blast.
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Posted: 7/30/2016 12:21:21 PM EDT
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It looks like it's 100% poured concrete rebar reinforced structure.
That thing was erected back when men took pride in their work and made stuff to last. Thanks for sharing. |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 12:22:23 PM EDT
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Place looks kinda *creepy* I wish I would have taken a picture of the sign someone spray painted "No one leaves alive" |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 12:38:39 PM EDT
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Should've spray painted a big dick and balls on it.
That's definitely what was missing. I kept looking for it. Texans don't know how vandalize. |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 12:42:10 PM EDT
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Why do morons feel the need to paint grafitti and their names on everything? Some people just have to leave their mark. Like pissing for dominance, except no one is there to punch you in the face. |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 12:43:47 PM EDT
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Should've spray painted a big dick and balls on it. That's definitely what was missing. I kept looking for it. Texans don't know how vandalize. Even Marines who've been there have more respect than that. |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 12:53:15 PM EDT
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You found the Batcave! |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 12:56:51 PM EDT
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Nobody noticed the Texas shaped picture window in the first two photos?
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Posted: 7/30/2016 12:59:52 PM EDT
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Nobody noticed the Texas shaped picture window in the first two photos? That's not Texas. That's a crumbling shell of its former self. Oh..... wait.... |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:03:04 PM EDT
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That's not Texas. That's a crumbling shell of its former self. Oh..... wait.... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Nobody noticed the Texas shaped picture window in the first two photos? That's not Texas. That's a crumbling shell of its former self. Oh..... wait.... This coming from someone who lives in the Gestapo State! 
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:05:49 PM EDT
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Kewl pix, OP. Got a similar structure here. It's by an old rail road, so I'm guessing it's an old station or some such:
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:10:59 PM EDT
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very cool
I love these kind of places thanks for sharing |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:20:32 PM EDT
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How many used condoms and syringes did you find?
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:32:39 PM EDT
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love it
the earth starts to take over fast |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:34:39 PM EDT
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Blair Witch comes to mind! Same lol |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:38:01 PM EDT
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love it the earth starts to take over fast Ever watch the Life After People series the history channel did a few years ago? I enjoyed it. Life After People |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:41:39 PM EDT
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Cool pics, looks like a good place for a rendezvous with an old or new lover. Did you pack some heat, never know who you can bump into at isolated places like that.
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:47:51 PM EDT
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Why do morons feel the need to paint grafitti and their names on everything? Exactly what I was thinking. |
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Posted: 7/30/2016 1:57:30 PM EDT
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I always enjoy pictures like this, makes visualize use of these sites as sets for post apocalyptic movies.
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Posted: 7/30/2016 2:00:02 PM EDT
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Kewl.
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Posted: 7/30/2016 2:06:29 PM EDT
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Cool pics, looks like a good place for a rendezvous with an old or new lover. Did you pack some heat, never know who you can bump into at isolated places like that. Hell yeah I didn't wanna run into death wish gang hideout. This is what I was packing 15 rnd mag in the pistol has good hollow points the rest are all nice heavy 147gr bullets. 
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Posted: 7/30/2016 2:13:31 PM EDT
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Hell yeah I didn't wanna run into death wish gang hideout. This is what I was packing 15 rnd mag in the pistol has good hollow points the rest are all nice heavy 147gr bullets. https://s25.postimg.org/qd4bfyyz3/IMG_20160730_125031.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Cool pics, looks like a good place for a rendezvous with an old or new lover. Did you pack some heat, never know who you can bump into at isolated places like that. Hell yeah I didn't wanna run into death wish gang hideout. This is what I was packing 15 rnd mag in the pistol has good hollow points the rest are all nice heavy 147gr bullets. https://s25.postimg.org/qd4bfyyz3/IMG_20160730_125031.jpg What are those 33rnd mags?! Do tell!
Nvm, found them. ETS Mags. I'm getting some 
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Posted: 7/30/2016 2:15:59 PM EDT
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This coming from someone who lives in the Gestapo State! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Nobody noticed the Texas shaped picture window in the first two photos? That's not Texas. That's a crumbling shell of its former self. Oh..... wait.... This coming from someone who lives in the Gestapo State! I suppose that the whole Sherman's March to the Sea / Alamo thing does give you two are certain sense of kinship. |
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