Delaware Valley Orienteering Association

Topic created by edscott on Thu Jun 2, 2016 at 1:50 pm

edscott
Num Posts: 703
Primary Club: DVOA
Fav map: Hickory Run 1:15000
First O: 1983

Here is a link to an article on charcoal and how it was made.  May help to visualize how and why all those charcoal terraces we see... or sometimes can't find..  were formed.     http://www.davidwebbfowler.com/2014/08/colonial-occupation-collier-charcoal.html

Reply by furlong47 on Sat Jun 4, 2016 at 4:03 pm

furlong47
Num Posts: 388
Primary Club: DVOA
Fav map: Bucks County Community College
First O: 1994

I have a variety of photos I collected over the years showing some of the process

These are from Furnace Town Living History Village in Snow Hill, MD
https://www.flickr.com/photos/furlong47/3979250448/in/album-72157622386548891/