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Abandoned, New Hampshire

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Abandoned New Hampshire with heavy focus on the White Mountains region. The old settlements, forgotten communities, and old railroads that are scattered throughout the White Mountains help keep the past alive and tell the story of a forgotten era. These photos showcase the fascinating early years of New Hampshire. All photos are available for usage in print publications and projects. Click on any photo for a larger preview.
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  • Remnants of the abandoned Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Hart's Location, New Hampshire during the autumn months. Located in the area of Sawyer River Road, the Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States.
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  • Stone culvert, in the area known as Bowman, along the old railroad bed of the Boston & Maine’s Berlin Branch in Randolph, New Hampshire. Opened in the mid-1800s, and abandoned in the 1990s, the 18 mile long Berlin Branch is now a multi-use trail - the Presidential Recreational Rail Trail.
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  • A collapsed timber bridge at the Sokokis Brook crossing along the abandoned Boston and Maine Railroad’s Mt Washington Branch (between Fabyans and the base of the Cog) in the White Mountains, New Hampshire during the winter months. The Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad completed this roughly six and a half mile long extension from Fabyans to the base of the Cog Railway in 1876.
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  • An abandoned sled road in the Flume Brook drainage in Lincoln, New Hampshire during the autumn months. This sled road begins off of George Johnson’s (Johnson Lumber Company) main sled road, and travels into the Mount Flume valley. Up until the early 1970s (1971-1972), the lower section of the Flume Slide Trail utilized this sled road.<br />
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*George Johnson’s (Johnson Lumber Company) main sled road was used to log the eastern side of Franconia Notch. It began in the general area of Johnson's Lumber Mill in North Lincoln, traveled along the eastern hillside of Franconia Notch, and ended in Walker Ravine.
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  • Remnants of an abandoned wooden dam on Tecumseh Brook in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire during the autumn month of October.
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  • Remnants of an old wooden dam on Tecumseh Brook in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire during the autumn season. Mount Tecumseh is named for the Shawnee chief, Tecumseh (c.1768 – October 5, 1813).
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  • This artifact (part of a tea cup) is possibly remnants of the old Flume Reservation in Lincoln, New Hampshire. The site of the old Flume Reservation is located in the general area of today's Flume Gorge Visitor area. This is how the artifact was found; artifacts, like this tea cup, are protected and should be left where they are found.
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  • Guy wire anchor rod for an old utility pole along the abandoned Breadtray Basin Trail in Livermore, New Hampshire. Also known as the Breadtray Ravine Trail, this trail ascended Mount Osceola from Thornton Gore. It was abandoned in the 1950s. This utility pole held the telephone wire that was strung along the trail for the now gone Mount Osceola Fire Tower (1910 - 1958).
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  • An old dam in the southern section of Franconia Notch in Lincoln, New Hampshire. This old dam is possibly linked to the old Flume Reservation that was in the area.
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  • This is possibly remnants of the old Flume Reservation in Lincoln, New Hampshire. This area is near today's Flume Gorge Visitor area.
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  • Remnants (stove pieces) of the abandoned Woodstock & Thornton Gore Railroad in Livermore, New Hampshire during the autumn months. Operated by the Woodstock Lumber Company, this was a logging railroad in operation from 1909-1914 in the towns of Woodstock, Thornton Gore, and Livermore. And this location along the railroad may have been the site of a logging camp. The removal of historic artifacts from federal lands without a permit is a violation of federal law.
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  • Remnants of the abandoned Pennsylvania Wagon Hub Company along the Gordon Pond Railroad (logging railroad, 1907-1916) in Lincoln, New Hampshire. This mill, located in the same area as the 1900s Matson Flooring Company along Harvard Brook, produced wagon wheel hubs.
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  • Remnants of a trestle (may have been more of a bridge) at the Jackman Brook crossing along the Jackman Brook Branch of the Gordon Pond Railroad (logging railroad, 1907-1916) in Woodstock, New Hampshire.
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  • A section of the Walker Brook Branch of the Gordon Pond Railroad (logging railroad, 1907-1916) in Woodstock, New Hampshire during the summer months. The railroad traveled very close to the brook in this location. Take note to the corduroyed logs.
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  • Eastman Brook in Woodstock, New Hampshire during the autumn months.
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  • Eastman Brook in Woodstock, New Hampshire during the autumn months.
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  • Remnants of the Lincoln mill era and East Branch & Lincoln Railroad era along the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River in Lincoln, New Hampshire. This circular saw mill blade is a protected artifact from the logging railroad and mill era.
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  • Metal tag on hardwood tree from some kind of research / survey project along the old Osseo Trail in Lincoln, New Hampshire. Cut in the early 1900s, this portion of the Osseo Trail began near the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad’s logging Camp 3. It traveled up through the Clear Brook drainage to Osseo Peak and Mount Flume. During the early years of the trail, it was part of the Franconia Ridge Trail. In the 1980s when the Clearbrook Condominium development was built this portion of the Osseo Trail was abandoned and rerouted to its current location.
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  • An old dam on Gibbs Brook near Crawford Path in the New Hampshire White Mountains during the spring months. This dam and piping system (out of sight) supplied water to the old Crawford House. The Crawford House was located where the AMC Highland Center is today. When the Crawford House rebuilt this dam in the 1960s, they reinforced the dam with old iron cots that were in the basement of the Crawford House. These iron cots can be seen in the dam today
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  • An old dam on Gibbs Brook in the New Hampshire White Mountains during the spring months. This dam, rebuilt in the 1960s, and piping system (out of sight) supplied water to the old Crawford House. The Crawford House was located where the AMC Highland Center is today. Crawford Path, the oldest continuously used mountain trail in America, passes by this dam.
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  • Remnants of the Grandview Tower on the summit of Grandview Mountain in Woodstock, New Hampshire. This tower was originally a private observatory built In 1921 by the North Woodstock Improvement Association.  A new tower was built in 1939, and it would be put out of service in 1948.
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  • A plastic PVC pipe and metal tag in an old landslide path on the western flank of Mount Lafayette in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. This landslide slid in 1948 and in 1959, and this pipe and metal tag are possibly remnants of an old study that was done on the landslide. The study focused on the forests recovery from landslides.
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  • Remnants of the stone wall that was built at Ice Pond, near Camp 7 of the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad in Lincoln, New Hampshire. During the logging era, large blocks of ice were cut from this pond and used in iceboxes (early refrigerators). The ice blocks were stored at the Camp 7 ice house and some stored in the ice house at the company store in Lincoln Village.
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  • Remnants of a siding, near Birch Island Brook, along the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad (1893 -1948) in Lincoln, New Hampshire.
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  • Artifact at an abandoned logging camp in Walker Ravine in Franconia Notch of the New Hampshire White Mountains during the spring months. This camp was likely part of the Johnson Lumber Company (Gordon Pond Railroad), and this is probably a tobacco tin. The type of tobacco that was in this tin is unknown. The removal of historic artifacts from federal lands without a permit is a violation of federal law.
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  • Remnants of the Number 2 Dam on the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River in Lincoln, New Hampshire. These concrete footings held the steel penstock that connected the dam to the Number 2 Powerhouse that was a short distance downriver. Built in the early 1900s, this dam was located east of Loon Mountain on the East Branch. And historical references refer to this dam by different names, but the No. 2 Dam seems to be the name most used.
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  • Site of the Whitehouse Mills on the Pemigewasset River, along the Pemi Trail, in Franconia Notch of Lincoln, New Hampshire. This was an 1890s mill owned by Frank W. Whitehouse.
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  • Abandoned street signs along the Webster-Jackson Trail in the White Mountains, New Hampshire during the spring months.
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  • Remnants of an abandoned spur line of the Wild River Railroad in Bean’s Purchase, New Hampshire. This was a logging railroad in operation from 1891-1904.
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  • Remnants of an old hay rake at Thornton Gore in Thornton, New Hampshire. Thornton Gore was the site of an old hill farming community that was abandoned during the 19th century. Based on an 1860 historical map of Grafton County this is believed to have been the T & D Boynton homestead. The removal of historic artifacts from federal lands without a permit is a violation of federal law.
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  • Abandoned cellar hole at Thornton Gore in Thornton, New Hampshire during the autumn months. Thornton Gore was the site of an old hill farming community that was abandoned during the 19th century. Based on an 1860 historical map of Grafton County this is believed to have been the T. Wyatt homestead.
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  • Remnants of an abandoned cellar hole at Thornton Gore in Thornton, New Hampshire during the autumn months. Thornton Gore was the site of an old hill farming community that was abandoned during the 19th century. Based on an 1860 historical map of Grafton County this is believed to have been the P.P. Merrill homestead.
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  • Remnants of an old sickle bar mower at an abandoned farmstead at Thornton Gore in Thornton, New Hampshire during the autumn months. Thornton Gore was the site of an old hill farming community that was abandoned during the 19th century. Based on an 1860 historical map of Grafton County this is believed to have been the J. Merrill farmstead. The removal of historic artifacts from federal lands without a permit is a violation of federal law.
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  • Remnants of an old mill along Talford Brook at Thornton Gore in Thornton, New Hampshire during the autumn months. This was an old hill farm community that was abandoned during the 19th century.
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  • Remnants of an old mill along Talford Brook at Thornton Gore in Thornton, New Hampshire during the autumn months. This was an old hill farm community that was abandoned during the 19th century.
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  • The general area of where the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp was located along Tripoli Road in Livermore, New Hampshire during the autumn months. The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States. This is also the general area of a rail-side logging camp along the Woodstock & Thornton Gore Railroad (1909-1914).
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  • Lower Ammonoosuc Falls on the Ammonoosuc River in Carroll, New Hampshire during autumn months. During the Zealand Village era, a logging village built by J.E. Henry, a sawmill was located at Lower Falls.
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  • An old stone wall along the Cobble Hill Trail in Landaff, New Hampshire during the summer months. This area was part of an 1800s hill farming community
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  • Remnants of a stone bridge along an abandoned road off the Cobble Hill Trail in Landaff, New Hampshire. This area was part of an 1800s hill farming community.
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  • Site of Merrill’s Mountain House in Warren, New Hampshire during the summer months. In 1834 Nathaniel Merrill built a farmhouse at this site, and in 1860 the Merrill family converted the farmhouse to an inn known as Merrill’s Mountain Home or Merrill’s Mountain House. The inn burned down in 1915.
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  • Remnants of a trail marker along the abandoned extension of the Brookside Trail, above Duck Fall, in the Snyder Brook drainage of Low and Burbank's Grant, New Hampshire during the summer months. Completed in 1916, this extension of the Brookside Trail was abandoned by the Randolph Mountain Club (RMC) in 1980.
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  • Site of the abandoned Bemis Granite Quarry along the Sawyer River in Harts Location, New Hampshire. Dr. Samuel Bemis quarried granite from this site, which he owned at the time, during the 1860s to build Notchland, a granite mansion in Hart’s Location.
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  • Site of the Willey House Station along the old Maine Central Railroad (near Ethan Pond Trail) during the spring months in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire. The railroad burned down this station house sometime in the 1980s.
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  • Site of the Willey House Station along the old Maine Central Railroad (near Ethan Pond Trail) during the spring months in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire. The railroad burned down this station sometime in the 1980s.
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  • Remnants of granite splitting (plug and feathers) at the abandoned Bemis Granite Quarry along the Sawyer River in Harts Location, New Hampshire. Dr. Samuel Bemis quarried granite from this site, which he owned at the time, during the 1860s to build Notchland, a granite mansion in Hart’s Location.
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  • Remnants of the Profile House, in the area of where the cottages were located, in Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire. The Profile House was an 1800s grand hotel located just south of Echo Lake in the area of the parking lot for the Cannon Mountain Ski Area and Tramway. The hotel existed for 70 years before burning down in 1923. It was even torn down and rebuilt during its existence. This railing is in the area of the "cottages" at the Profile House.
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  • Remnants of the cottages that were at the Profile House in Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire. The Profile House was an 1800s grand hotel located just south of Echo Lake in the area of the parking lot for the Cannon Mountain Ski Area and Tramway. The hotel existed for 70 years before burning down in 1923. It was even torn down and rebuilt during its existence.
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  • Remnants of what is believed to be the Upper Bunga dam along the Wild Ammonoosuc River in the abandoned logging village of Wildwood in the town of Easton, New Hampshire. This log driving dam was used during the late 1800s and early 1900s by the Fall Mountain Paper Company, which later became the International Paper Company, to move logs to the Connecticut River.
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  • Remnants of what is believed to be the Upper Bunga dam along the Wild Ammonoosuc River in the abandoned logging village of Wildwood in the town of Easton, New Hampshire. This log driving dam was used during the late 1800s and early 1900s by the Fall Mountain Paper Company, which later became the International Paper Company, to move logs to the Connecticut River.
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  • Site of a sawmill that was located at the Upper Bunga dam along the Wild Ammonoosuc River in the abandoned logging village of Wildwood in the town of Easton, New Hampshire. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Fall Mountain Paper Company, which later became the International Paper Company, did log drives on the Wild Ammonoosuc to move logs to the Connecticut River.
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