Beautiful old photographs of the lake

[fatlazyless]

Looking at the LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE license plate created from seven 1970's dark green & white NH plates ...... don't you think these old license plates were a better look than today's NH plate.

[tis]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Looking at the LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE license plate created from seven 1970's dark green & white NH plates ...... don't you think these old license plates were a better look than today's NH plate.

We used to change them every year (then maybe two?) and they alternated colors. One year they were green with white and the next they were white with green.

[Susie Cougar]

Top-Water , I googled Meredith New Hampshire latchkey signs. There were two articles, one from the Laconia Daily Sun and the other from New Hampshire Business Weekly. In September 2018, marking Meredith 250th year, new signs were erected at all four spots. The only picture they had showed the sign on route 25 as you leave Center Harbor to enter Meredith. It did not say exactly where the other signs were.
I do not know how to send a link. But, Annie Paquette, made all the new signs and put them up. I’m not up there now, but there must be someone that can verify the location of the signs now. I hope this helps.

[Susie Cougar]

It’s the sign on route 104 that is haunting me. I can see it looking like the photo that you posted, I just can’t pinpoint exactly where it is.

[Diver1111]

I believe they are in Meredith Bay just northwest of the old shake mill that processed them into what most people call shingles. They would pull logs into the mill from that conveyor.

Now of course it's the location of Church Landing.

[barefootbay]

Originally Posted by Top-Water

This is one I need help on. I'm just not sure of its exact location. Obviously near Alton ...... but what cove is this?
Perhaps someone here knows where the "Bakeman Cabins" was.

Looks like Roberts Cove

[tis]

Yes, I totally agree with barefoot bay.

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by Top-Water

Old image of the board walk area of the weirs before expansion of the tracks and hotels. Note the width of the street. I'm guessing this was taken before automobiles.

Look at all the open land!
I stopped by the Weirs the other day to find the home on Baker Ave. my family used to rent and it's sad to see how many of those homes, and the old hotel, are rundown and not maintained. We always visit in the summer when it's busy and the focus is on fun, so I hadn't noticed how bad it was.

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[DRH]

Originally Posted by Top-Water

I'm wondering if it is "Minge Cove" ........ but "West Alton" photo title vs East Alton in the first.

It's Minge Cove. Outside the cove you can see part of Treasure Island with Rattlesnake Island in the background.

[Descant]

Thank you Top-Water. Fun reminisces, and yes, a relief from the overwhelming number of posts and news releases on that other topic. A couple of comments. I remember the Mount Washington Sundae (2 bananas, 6 scoops of ice cream as being a creation of Weeks' Dairy Bar in Laconia and a later a second location in Meredith. As teen-agers, my friend and I used to split one. First one to the middle won, the loser had to pay. Kellerhaus came later. It was originally "Hartland" the private residence of Myron Hart. Walking into Kellerhause, you ca see where the outside pillars were that led to a porch, now closed in to make a larger interior space. Mr. Hart also owned a boathouse in the Channel and a 1948 Chris Craft 28' sedan, named "Myth". That was the second boathouse south of Thurston Marine. The first boathouse, with multi-level raised roofs was owned by Victor Tompkins who built the Queen City Motel in Manchester and owned Tobey's Motor Court in Plymouth. His boat was a 42' Chris Craft; later he moved up to a 45' CC. Both were named "Wanderer". Moving south a couple more boathouses was the homeport of the Public Utilities Comm ission boats, 2 Steelcrafts used mostly to service aids to navigation, but they had blue lights and would also perform police functions. They were succeeded by today's Marine Patrol.
Sorry to ramble.

[Descant]

Originally Posted by Top-Water

I think this big rock is still there.

Unusual picture. Time frame? SWat is the object in the water off the en of the dock/rock? Navaid?

[Onshore]

Originally Posted by Descant

Unusual picture. Time frame? SWat is the object in the water off the en of the dock/rock? Navaid?

The rock is still there and incorporated into the docking facility. The thing in the water marked the entry to the Weirs Channel.

[Onshore]

The date on the photographs is November 12, 1965 but I cannot say whether that is the date taken or the date received. I believe these were taken to document the completion of the US Army Corps dredge of the channel and creation of the beach but cannot be certain.

[salty dog]

Yes, some great old photos. I'm just curious. The last photo looks like the tide's out!. Was the dam control different in those days or was it a bad drought?

[salty dog]

Shore Things had mentioned the Army Corps dredging work back in the '60s.
I wonder if they lowered the level for that? We're never at the lake beyond the end of October. I never knew it was lowered that much.

[Susie Cougar]

I remember that year. I was 15 years old. It was the second year that we lived in our new home. We had a beautiful natural sand beach in front of the house. Unfortunately, there were many large rocks and boulders just below the water’s surface. It wasn’t exactly a perfect beach, but there wasn’t anything we could do about it.
It was two years later that the lake went down so low. My parents had no idea why this was happening. My father always had all kinds of radio equipment and always knew everything that was going on, or so I thought. So, my parents decided what a wonderful opportunity to have all the rocks removed from the beach.

The company came in with their big equipment and the bulldozers could go approximately 30 feet out before there was any water. They worked all day long digging up the big rocks and pushing them over to the sides of the beach.

We talked about that year for a long time after that, always wondering if the lake would ever go that low again and never understanding why it did that year.
So, after all these years, it was because they put in Weirs Beach? That is so cool.

[Descant]

Originally Posted by Susie Cougar

I remember that year. I was 15 years old. It was the second year that we lived in our new home. We had a beautiful natural sand beach in front of the house. Unfortunately, there were many large rocks and boulders just below the water’s surface. It wasn’t exactly a perfect beach, but there wasn’t anything we could do about it.
It was two years later that the lake went down so low. My parents had no idea why this was happening. My father always had all kinds of radio equipment and always knew everything that was going on, or so I thought. So, my parents decided what a wonderful opportunity to have all the rocks removed from the beach.

The company came in with their big equipment and the bulldozers could go approximately 30 feet out before there was any water. They worked all day long digging up the big rocks and pushing them over to the sides of the beach.

We talked about that year for a long time after that, always wondering if the lake would ever go that low again and never understanding why it did that year.
So, after all these years, it was because they put in Weirs Beach? That is so cool.

Agreed. The dredging project was completed in 1950 http://weirsbeach.com/reasons-to-vis...hannel-dredge/
In the 50's the name was changed from Weirs to Weirs Beach.
The second photo shows the expanded "new" docks at the south end of the old city docks. Those were built in the mid 60's. In the fifties there were still three stick multi-pilings lining Weirs Channel from when the old Mount was moored there in the winter. The picture shows mostly single piles set just for navigation. I was away at school 1965-66, so I have no personal recollection of the low water shown. I guess the water level was much closer to normal by the next summer as low water does not stand out in my mind.

[Descant]

Thanks Top-Water. I was a pre-schooer in those days, but I remember the races somewhat. We had a 1950 30' Chris Craft cabin cruiser, and my father often volunteered to be a picket boat for these races. 40 years later, we served as "Turn #3" for the offshore power boat races held in the Broads.

[tis]

I could be wrong but I think he stayed in Wolfeboro. I know a lot of the Red Sox stayed on Sewall Road.

[Senter Cove Guy]

Originally Posted by Top-Water

I don't know ehere this place was. (Anybody ?)

If you look at and Supersize the map in this link,
http://weirsbeach.com/services/chamb...irs-beach-map/

look at location 26 north of The Weirs which is entitled: Rose-Edward Lodge and Cabins

[Pineedles]

Originally Posted by Top-Water

Center Harbor:

I never knew that at one time you could purchase fuel here.

Yes indeed, owned by the Ulms at the Center Harbor Sports Shop. Ron Ulm, recently passed away, would climb in his truck and drive down to the docks to fill up your tank. I filled up my 5 gal. tank, with the proper mix of oil for about $3.00. It lasted me nearly all week running my 14 hp. Scott outboard.


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[mcdude]

Originally Posted by Top-Water

Glendale July 23, 1906:

Very old post card image. It certainly does not look like this now.

Edit: Is it just me or my imagination, if you look to the far left on the hill. Is that the Castle up there? You can barely make it out (I) think?

That's Kimball's Castle. It was built by Benjamin Kimball who was a rich railroad magnate and helped to build the Lakeshore Railroad. Do a search on Photopost to find more images

[sarc]

Originally Posted by barefootbay

Looks like Roberts Cove

This is Roberts Cove and we own that property! How amazing to see this! Any idea what the date of the photo was? And any chance whoever took it could send me a copy of the image?

[ApS]

Originally Posted by The Real BigGuy

I met the author last Patriots Day. He was giving a talk about his experiences before during and after the war. Wonderful gentleman and a very interesting read!

Doug Bryant, author of The Navy Gave Me Shoes, is 94 years old. He's still sharp, and an hour ago, participated in an iHeart radio interview with Howie Carr.

He said he was on board a ship when World War II ended in the South Pacific. There was no real celebration of "VJ-Day" aboard, as alcohol wasn't permitted on U.S. ships. (Although their torpedoes could be tapped for 190-grain "fuel").