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I’ve been working on the rail road…

14 Friday Oct 2016

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After watching the hewing of logs, we went over to the last stop on our time at the living history days of the Allegheny Portage Rail Road – the quarry.

At the quarry, we learned about how the stones were carves and made ready for the rail road.

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And then #3 got to participate in making a stone ready.  He was talked into being the guy who held the chisel.

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Yes, this was actually a job.  Let’s just say, this type of work would never pass safety regulations today.  That’s because the other guy would be using the hammer to come down on the chisel.  He told us that accidents could happen, but they weren’t as often as you’d think.  Regardless, #3 held on as the guy cocked his hands back and let her rip.

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No worries, he didn’t actually go at full force or even come all the way down for that matter.  But it was enough for #3 to realize that this was not the job for him.

Thank goodness that we aren’t in the 1830’s.

Up next: we take some time away to be at a cabin in the woods.

Hewing logs the old fashioned way

13 Thursday Oct 2016

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One of the more interesting things to watch was the hewing of a log that was to be used for the railroad ties.  You want to talk about hard work?  This is it.  Imagine chopping wood and essentially carving a log into a square day after day, for about $.25 a day.  Remember, this was the 1830’s.  It typically took an average worker about 15 minutes to hew one side of a log, which means that they could hew anywhere from 8-12 logs a day depending on long they worked.  The longer they worked, the more logs they hewed.  The incentive to work longer and hew more logs was that they would keep their job.  Work less and hew fewer logs, then you’d be out of job and the next guy waiting in line would take over.

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Wool in the summer, oh my!

12 Wednesday Oct 2016

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After playing some games, we went over to the tent where we learned about wool.  We watched a woman take some raw wool and show the differences in types of wool.

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Then the fun began, the kids got to twirl the wool so that it would be ready to be used for materials.

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Once they got that, they were ready for the real deal.

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