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Originally Posted by CampEye
Wait, what? Did Mark Island run out of stones?! You're welcome to some of mine the next time you need a load! Would be much closer...
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We too, built the fireplace/chimney out of stone found on site. Second step was cleaning. You can't just slap mortar on a rock you just dug up.
When clearing the house site I recall people taking a 40-50' tree and attaching it with a shackle to a tree on the shore. The horizontal piece was long enough to swing out over the boat. Then attach a load and swivel it up to the build site, and lower.
The other trees from the build site were used to build a dock crib which was filled with stone, also from the site.