As you cross the bridges heading south on 331, if you look to your left there are a bunch of posts out in the bay. What are they?
One person told me they are an oyster farm, another told me that traders used to tie up out there.
What are they?
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Matt JMatt JSWGB24,862 postsJoined View profileMessageSWGB
Matt JSWGB24,862 postsJoined View profileMessageSWGBRe: What are those posts in the water?
Inert or not, let one land on you or your house and it's a big deal. 😱
Inert or not, let one land on you or your house and it's a big deal. 😱
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jodiFLBeach FanaticSOWAL,FL2,469 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticRe: What are those posts in the water?
Oh I can vouch for the past 20 years or so. They used to fly little training jets at treetop level when I first moved out here. So low that the pilots would actually wave at us when they went over. Then there was that blue/orange drone thing I saw one day that seemed to be just a little too low to be able to make it out to the gulf. But the kicker was when the Stealth bomber flew over my house so low that I could count rivets. I didnt hear anything ...just saw an odd triangular shadow come over the yard and when I looked up it was right over my head. But once it had passed ...then I heard it.
I can tell you that there are far, far fewer military manuevers over the east end of the bay than there were when I was growing up. Before I was born, there was an incident with flare bombs accidentally being dropped in our yard instead of in the bay...
Oh I can vouch for the past 20 years or so. They used to fly little training jets at treetop level when I first moved out here. So low that the pilots would actually wave at us when they went over. Then there was that blue/orange drone thing I saw one day that seemed to be just a little too low to be able to make it out to the gulf. But the kicker was when the Stealth bomber flew over my house so low that I could count rivets. I didnt hear anything ...just saw an odd triangular shadow come over the yard and when I looked up it was right over my head. But once it had passed ...then I heard it.
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ShallowsNoleBeach FanaticPt Washington4,279 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticRe: What are those posts in the water?
You are correct - I didn't see it, but after it had been declassified and unveiled, my NSA-involved brother verified that the Stealth was developed and tested at Eglin. He still just smiles when he hears stories about UFOs along the Emerald Coast. :cool:
Oh I can vouch for the past 20 years or so. They used to fly little training jets at treetop level when I first moved out here. So low that the pilots would actually wave at us when they went over. Then there was that blue/orange drone thing I saw one day that seemed to be just a little too low to be able to make it out to the gulf. But the kicker was when the Stealth bomber flew over my house so low that I could count rivets. I didnt hear anything ...just saw an odd triangular shadow come over the yard and when I looked up it was right over my head. But once it had passed ...then I heard it.
You are correct - I didn't see it, but after it had been declassified and unveiled, my NSA-involved brother verified that the Stealth was developed and tested at Eglin. He still just smiles when he hears stories about UFOs along the Emerald Coast. :cool:
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aomeone may have already posted this info., so apolgize if I am repeating soemone. I have been coming to Grayton for many years. The pilings you see in the bay are the remains of a cross bay railroad that was used to move timber harvested by the family that built their home at what is now Eden state park. Evedently that whole portion of the panhandle was lush with cedars and fortunes were made felling the trees and shipping them north for pensils. I love the are and the history. It is amazing that the pilings remain but I know that water can act as a preservative . I have several books on the area and am a history obcessive...Any more .....
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I really should learn to proof my posts before I post. apologize for typos
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KurtAdminSoWal2,472 postsJoined View profileMessageAdminaomeone may have already posted this info., so apolgize if I am repeating soemone. I have been coming to Grayton for many years. The pilings you see in the bay are the remains of a cross bay railroad that was used to move timber harvested by the family that built their home at what is now Eden state park. Evedently that whole portion of the panhandle was lush with cedars and fortunes were made felling the trees and shipping them north for pensils. I love the are and the history. It is amazing that the pilings remain but I know that water can act as a preservative . I have several books on the area and am a history obcessive...Any more .....
Which book did you see that in? I have always read that all timber was moved by boat. I believe you may be confusing with pilings in Tucker Bayou from the old docks where they processed and shipped in and out.
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I'll check my stash of books today. I recall a history of Geneva Alabama that referenced this but I know that that touring the House at Eden, references were made to the timber railway over the bay. I will look further and get back with you.
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Okay, on a quick scan I have found a reference to thesepiling remnants in a book titled THE WAY WE WERE; Recollections of South Walton PioneersThat reference describes a thriving lumber business located in Point Washington. "Finished lumber, awaiting shipment by barge to Pensacola, was stacked on wharves in the bayou. The remnants of some of the piling for the wharves is still visible today". Pg 48 I might have hallucinated the notion of the over bay train trestle but I don't think so . I'll look on. It will take me a while I have two ill family members and will be tending to them today
Will BWill BModeratorAtlanta, GA4,582 postsJoined View profileMessageModerator
Will BModeratorAtlanta, GA4,582 postsJoined View profileMessageModeratorOkay, on a quick scan I have found a reference to thesepiling remnants in a book titled THE WAY WE WERE; Recollections of South Walton PioneersThat reference describes a thriving lumber business located in Point Washington. "Finished lumber, awaiting shipment by barge to Pensacola, was stacked on wharves in the bayou. The remnants of some of the piling for the wharves is still visible today". Pg 48 I might have hallucinated the notion of the over bay train trestle but I don't think so . I'll look on. It will take me a while I have two ill family members and will be tending to them today
Yup...you can still see the posts they refering to, but they are in the bayou behind Eden. Very few still stand...
Just like the number of licks it takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop....The world may never know!
seagrovegirlseagrovegirlBeach FanaticHistoric Old Point Washington3,828 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
seagrovegirlBeach FanaticHistoric Old Point Washington3,828 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticThe posts in Tucker Bayou were for the lumber industry wharf's. The posts in the bay that you can see from the 331 bridge are not related.
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Will BModeratorAtlanta, GA4,582 postsJoined View profileMessageModeratorJust like the number of licks it takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop....The world may never know!
I think the wise old owl in th commercial determined it was three licks!
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ShallowsNoleShallowsNoleBeach FanaticPt Washington4,279 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
ShallowsNoleBeach FanaticPt Washington4,279 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticThere were train tracks near Point Washington, but to the best of my knowledge there was never anything that spanned the bay until the 331 causeway ("bay fill" as it was formerly known) and the original drawbridge were built in the early forties.
As far as the train tracks, one would likely need to ask Van Ness or Albert Butler about that. I have a vague memory of someone mentioning a train that ran through the Bunker area over to Bay County (we were connected to Bunker until the Intracoastal was dug in the late 1930s). I also remember hearing something about someone getting the old cross-ties.
As far as the train tracks, one would likely need to ask Van Ness or Albert Butler about that. I have a vague memory of someone mentioning a train that ran through the Bunker area over to Bay County (we were connected to Bunker until the Intracoastal was dug in the late 1930s). I also remember hearing something about someone getting the old cross-ties.
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ASHBeach FanaticRoosevelt, MN2,153 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticWhich book did you see that in? I have always read that all timber was moved by boat. I believe you may be confusing with pilings in Tucker Bayou from the old docks where they processed and shipped in and out.
I am reading the book, "Of Days Gone By" A book of reflections of South Walton County. I picked it up at the estate sale at Point Washington.
There is a story about Geneva Mill stating that it was built at Mill Point where Lafayette and Four Mile Creek run together, just east of the shipyard that is still there. There is a photo showing tracks that it states ran logs from out around Black Creek. Lumber was processed at Geneva Mill and the story states that the railroad ran from Freeport through the sand hills almost to Red Bay. Logs went one way and then processed lumber went the other. The Geneva Mill closed in 1931. The story notes that no bridge spanned the bay until 1940. The Clyde B. Wells (331 Bridge was built in 1946)
There was another mill called Strickland located at the head of Tucker Bayou that shipped lumber to Pensacola where they were loaded on trains.
Apparently there were as many as seven large mills running at once back then.
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