tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441717290032747511.post367473447300384035..comments2023-10-09T06:34:18.351-04:00Comments on Thinking With My Hands: Thinking WideJohn Shaw-Rimmingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895554934613575227noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441717290032747511.post-17710700421330090652016-03-24T09:44:50.475-04:002016-03-24T09:44:50.475-04:00Yes, most definitely. Winchester is just north wes...Yes, most definitely. Winchester is just north west of Rappahanock County but in the limestone area of the Shenandoah Valley. Legend has it that during the Revolutionary War general Daniel Morgan was in charge of Heissian prisoners of war who built many of the stone houses of the period in Winchester. Also there are many dry stack walls in the area from clearing the fields for growing wheat. That whole area of north west Virginia has miles of dry stack stone walls along the back roads. My intent was not to provide info on John Henry's area but to highlight the amount of stone used in the general area. The local historical and preservation societies would have much more info. Many thanks for bringing to light John Henry's magnificent work.<br /><br />Oh yeah, Henrietta furnace is just over the Blue Ridge from John Henry and is but just one of many examples of furnaces of the 18th and 19th centuries used for making pig iron for export to England. Cheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07214918997716742448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441717290032747511.post-79745935510541407252016-03-24T09:21:39.404-04:002016-03-24T09:21:39.404-04:00There is this one of course - http://altbuildblog...There is this one of course - http://altbuildblog.blogspot.ca/2010/11/stone-walls-in-winchester-virginia.html but I think there needs to be a book with all kinds of info and the history of these walls wouldn't you agree?John Shaw-Rimmingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895554934613575227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441717290032747511.post-76766807907689793882016-03-24T09:17:27.487-04:002016-03-24T09:17:27.487-04:00Sorry Chez, didn't see any thing about the tra...Sorry Chez, didn't see any thing about the traditional dry stone walls in Rappahannock in those links, nor did I find any reference to information to there being any books about them?John Shaw-Rimmingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895554934613575227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441717290032747511.post-46290325356618443722016-03-24T08:42:45.691-04:002016-03-24T08:42:45.691-04:00FYI:
http://altbuildblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/colo...FYI:<br />http://altbuildblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/colonial-stone-buildings-of-winchester.html<br /><br />http://altbuildblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/henrietta-furnace-in-shenandoah-county.html<br /><br />http://altbuildblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/glen-burnie-gardens-in-winchester-va.html<br /><br />http://altbuildblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/more-stone-buildings-in-winchester.html<br /><br />Well, that would be a start.Cheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07214918997716742448noreply@blogger.com