Mt. Washington Lunette - Fieldtrip to CT

[ApS]

Thank you McD and RG. The mountains suggested Wolfeboro's view, but the shore looked so...wilderness.

I note in this thread there are four fonts representing "Mt. Washington".

1) MT.WASHINGTON (All upper-case, but capitals on M and W only -- no space between MT. and WASHINGTON)
2) MT WASHINGTON (All same size, shaded, space, period not determinable)
3) MT WASHINGTON (No period after "MT" )
4) Mt WASHINGTON (Space, but possibly a upper case "T" with a "tight" period?)

I mention this because it might help establish a date for some previously undateable "Old Mount" photos.

(For example, we know that the #1 photo was prior to 1898).

One last question: Why am I missing -- and reminiscing about -- a boat I never saw?

[Rattlesnake Gal]

As far as I know, other than seeing this carving on the ship, this is the first publication of it thus far. Same for the first propeller driven boat on Winnipesaukee, books only mention the Nellie. I have yet to see a photograph, so when I post my pictures, you will be the first to lay eyes on her.

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

Thank you McD and RG. The mountains suggested Wolfeboro's view, but the shore looked so...wilderness.

My pleasure. I really enjoy the rich history of the lake and sharing my finds.
Upon thinking about the sunrise over Mount Washington, can the sun actually be seen rising over the mountain from the lake?
Perhaps the book is wrong or maybe it is just artistic license.

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

One last question: Why am I missing -- and reminiscing about -- a boat I never saw?

It is odd that we can miss something and have special feeling about a ship that we have never seen.
I was quite sad back at the anniversary of the first Mounts passing.
My husband pointed out that if she had survived, it is quite probable that she wouldn’t be on the lake now.
Another thing, our beloved Mount Washington of today would not be here. Leander Lavallee rescued her from certain demise. I for one treasure her. After 117 years of service, she is still going strong. (I really should put that historical post together!)

Originally Posted by FLboater

Could the wood have been for the saw mill? I know they floated the logs in.

I really think this wood was for one of the steamers. The photo is from 1870’s when the Chocorua and Lady of the Lake were around using wood for fuel.
Coal is still a good candidate for the Mt. Washington. All the old pictures of her always show very black smoke. The other steamers are more of a white smoke, which I think indicates wood.
In one of my books they mention that it is now illegal to haul logs on the lake. (I’m a regular Cliff Clavin. )
On the History Channel, on a show was about logging in early America, many logs were lost and sunk to the bottom of lakes and rivers. There are companies that figured out that raising these gems were very worthwhile. They were wide, old trees, which command a good price as lumber. They were preserved quite well for all this time under water.

Originally Posted by FLboater

The Back Bay has many that got stuck in the mud. I remember being in a boat in 1948 and hitting one of the logs. We went back to Moultonboro in reverse. That took awhile.

Yikes! Hope that never happens to us!
Are there any lumber mills in the area to rescue these logs?

[ApS]

Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal

Yikes! Hope that never happens to us!
Are there any lumber mills in the area to rescue these logs?

There was an old mill in Wolfeboro's Johnson's Cove (a.k.a. Ike's Cove), that abandoned dozens -- maybe more -- of old logs there, probably before the 2nd World War. (And one old mill at Dishwater Lake).

For reasons I don't understand, natural wood in Lake Winnipesaukee disintegrates. Perhaps that there isn't enough silt on the bottom to prevent decay. (More shoreline erosion needed!!!)

Those old recovered logs you've been reading about elsewhere were preserved because the oxygen necessary to degrade them wasn't available on those lakes and rivers' silted bottoms -- even in sub-tropical Florida.

Those recovered logs command a high price because they were "Old Growth": They have very fine (and very many) annual rings. Those features are very much in demand in new Japanese 2nd homes. (Japan cut down all their forests centuries ago. Japan is where most of our domestic Old Growth woodcutting goes today).

There's scant "Old Growth" forest in New Hampshire today -- and NHSPNHF seeks to preserve it.

[KBoater]

I think there as a clean up of the Back Bay several (10-20) years ago. I'm not sure if the logs were included. There are no mills around the Wolfeboro lake side but some of the surrounding towns still have one.
The logs in the Bay were well preserved 15 years ago. I haven’t looked since. The divers did some cleanup there and maybe they know the answer.

[Rattlesnake Gal]

Looking at the lunettes, I think that Farewell Old Mount Washington has it mixed up. The port carving appears to be the sunrise and the starboard the sunset, but how could one tell the difference anyway? The port lunette (the one with the white boards) is hard to really see the detail. Almost looks like water, thus making me think of a sunrise. Perhaps it is just pretty scrollwork. Unfortunately this is the best close up of it that I can find. I will keep an eye out for a better one.
Is there any nautical reason for them to put a sunrise or sunset on a particular side of a boat?

[mcdude]

I dug up some stuff on logging in Wolfeboro but I put it OVER HERE since it doesn't have much to do with the Mount or Lunettes!