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Originally Posted by hemlock
The wreck you saw is the remains of a work barge that Will Raymond used to use in construction on the lake many years ago. It is mentioned in Frances Stevens book. I think it was being modified and it broke up and was abandoned on the shore there.The railroad tracks mentioned are just to the right of the barge. Basically there are wooden beams, tracks and a couple of old railroad wheel carriages that were used to pull the barge, out of the water. They are submerged but you can see them if you look carefully My boys and I call the old barge the Bones.
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I suspect the railroad rails and ties might have been fastened to the deck of the barge and were used to transport
Rail Cars across the lake. In the old days, wealthy people did their travelling in their own
Private rail cars....sort of like todays Large motor homes.
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