Comments for Raleigh Nature http://raleighnature.com Nature lore and wildlife inside or close to the beltline by John Dancy-Jones, a Raleigh native. All contents copyright 2007 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:01:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Lassiter Mill and Raleigh mill history by Foy Beal http://raleighnature.com/2008/06/29/lassiter-mill-and-raleigh-mill-history/#comment-244 Foy Beal Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:01:30 +0000 http://raleighnaturalist.wordpress.com/?p=63#comment-244 I also spent many an hour jumping off the rail by the roadbed and climbing up to the top of the old bridge for a jump. The water was only 7-8' deep so feet plunging into the mud on the bottom was standard procedure. For a time there was a cable across the bottom of the millrace, enabling us to grab on and get back on top of the lower race wall after sliding down the race on our backsides. It was a fairly rough millrace surface, so some runoff current was required to push you down the race. If I'm not mistaken, the bridge itself was moved to the Lassiter Mill location to replace an older structure. It had previously served as a bridge over the Neuse, I believe way up in northwesternmost Wake County at Boyce Mill, so I believe it was the Boyce Mill Bridge at one point. That crossing is now flooded by Falls Lake. Foy Beal Raleigh I also spent many an hour jumping off the rail by the roadbed and climbing up to the top of the old bridge for a jump. The water was only 7-8′ deep so feet plunging into the mud on the bottom was standard procedure.

For a time there was a cable across the bottom of the millrace, enabling us to grab on and get back on top of the lower race wall after sliding down the race on our backsides. It was a fairly rough millrace surface, so some runoff current was required to push you down the race.

If I’m not mistaken, the bridge itself was moved to the Lassiter Mill location to replace an older structure. It had previously served as a bridge over the Neuse, I believe way up in northwesternmost Wake County at Boyce Mill, so I believe it was the Boyce Mill Bridge at one point. That crossing is now flooded by Falls Lake.

Foy Beal
Raleigh

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]]> Comment on Lake Raleigh and Arnie’s latest project by News, Notes and Another Promise « Raleigh Nature http://raleighnature.com/2008/06/29/lake-raleigh-and-arnies-latest-project/#comment-227 News, Notes and Another Promise « Raleigh Nature Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:20:18 +0000 http://raleighnaturalist.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-227 [...] Poole Golf Course around Lake Raleigh is mostly finished and expected to open in July. I posted dismal views and comments about this project in February 08, but when I stopped by recently I felt a little better.  There [...] [...] Poole Golf Course around Lake Raleigh is mostly finished and expected to open in July. I posted dismal views and comments about this project in February 08, but when I stopped by recently I felt a little better.  There [...]

]]> Comment on Back to Basics – East Raleigh beginnings by raleighnaturalist http://raleighnature.com/2008/07/04/back-to-basics-east-raleigh-beginnings/#comment-223 raleighnaturalist Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:48:14 +0000 http://raleighnaturalist.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-223 http://cityofficialsacknowledgetheproblem.blogspot.com/2009/01/surprises-behind-crap-tower.html nifty quoting! http://cityofficialsacknowledgetheproblem.blogspot.com/2009/01/surprises-behind-crap-tower.html

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]]> Comment on Yates Mill Ponderings by raleighnaturalist http://raleighnature.com/2008/01/18/yates-mill-ponderings/#comment-222 raleighnaturalist Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:40:18 +0000 http://raleighnaturalist.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/yates-mill-ponderings/#comment-222 Thanks for the update, Mike. here's what I said about Yates Mill at the turn of the year: My favorite place to take a guest. Yates Mill, with the old millworks, the gorgeously built new center displaying its history, a marked tree i.d. walk, a high ridge, a marshy meadow, and a fishing deck, has all anyone could desire from a nature outing. It’s well outside the beltline but I love it too much to exclude it. Thanks for the update, Mike. here’s what I said about Yates Mill at the turn of the year:

My favorite place to take a guest.
Yates Mill, with the old millworks, the gorgeously built new center displaying its history, a marked tree i.d. walk, a high ridge, a marshy meadow, and a fishing deck, has all anyone could desire from a nature outing. It’s well outside the beltline but I love it too much to exclude it.

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