Tell me what was built into this rock down by the river.

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nooneofconsequence: Oct 30, 2012; she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.

So I was walking my dog along the CT river, and I noticed these bolt/screws/anchors(?) in a large rock.

This is what first which caught my eye:

It is on the top of the rock.

These are on the sides.

Same thing, close up:

Here's the full rock:

The bolts are all to the left side. I couldn't find anything on the right, but the sun was going down.

The river has got to be pretty much at its zenith but while it would be rare it would not be impossible for this rock to be underwater. This is the view directly behind the rock.

Here's a view from above where the rock is:

And here's my dog on a nearby rock:

There are a lot of rocks and rock outcroppings nearby that are identical, but I could not find anything else built into them. They were only in this one rock.

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Admiral101: Feb 20, 2006; RMU: Where using the internet is like living in 1995.

Somebody probably used it to moor their boat or raft or canoe or something.

# ? Oct 6, 2014 02:22

LogisticEarth: Mar 28, 2004; Someone once told me, "Time is a flat circle".

Could be anything really. Old dock anchor, old stream guage, some kind of equipment, etc. Depending on where you're at, the rivers of New England have been used for any number of purposes for a hell of a long time.

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Chard: Aug 24, 2010

e; i read gud

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MOVIE MAJICK: Jan 4, 2012; by Pragmatica

How did they get it into the rock?

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voltroon: Apr 29, 2009

WYA posted:

How did they get it into the rock?

with something stronger than the rock, probably

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Aggressive pricing: Feb 25, 2008

voltroon posted:

with something stronger than the rock, probably

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Soulcleaver: Sep 25, 2007; Murderer

A van

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JiimyPopAli: Oct 5, 2009

I've seen something similar that was used to anchor log booms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_boom They would attach a bunch of logs together across the river and collect a whole lot of logs behind it. Then in the spring when the waters were at the highest they would run all the logs downriver to a distant sawmill.

But seriously, in this case it could be anything. You would be better of doing research at the local library.

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Elephanthead: Sep 11, 2008; Toilet Rascal

Go to the other side and take a picture of the other rock so we can smell what it is cooking.

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GWBBQ: Jan 2, 2005

JiimyPopAli posted:

I've seen something similar that was used to anchor log booms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_boom They would attach a bunch of logs together across the river and collect a whole lot of logs behind it. Then in the spring when the waters were at the highest they would run all the logs downriver to a distant sawmill.

But seriously, in this case it could be anything. You would be better of doing research at the local library.

This is probably the right answer. From 1865 until 1915 the CT River was used to transport about a quarter million logs each year and the whole river and surrounding area is littered with enormous amounts of discarded and lost logging gear.

There's a really short Wikipedia section on it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_River#Log_drives_and_the_early_20th_century

and PBS has an excellent documentary about it http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=3978805

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