Restoring/reclaiming the Gin Pond - 07/20/22 03:55 AM
I have inherited my grandfather's farm with 20 acre pond in deep S. Georgia. The nucleus of his pond was a Gin Pond from the 1800's...I think it might have been 3-4 acres per some old maps. In the attached map there is a "Fish Pond" just WSW of the center of the map...in Land Lot 48 (from left top corner of map...over 4, down 2 and the pond is there). That was the size in 1908.
The pictures I posted to the forum don't work...try this:
https://garylayton.smugmug.com/Farm-Hahira/Pond-pictures-test-for-PondBoss/n-28nhKd/
In the early 1950's, Grandaddy logged upstream from the Gin Pond (water flows North there) and left the pine, cypress and whatever else stumps in place...they were cut from 6-12" above ground level. The 1956 aerial map shows the two ponds he made..they are just left of the center of the map. The North pond...north of the EW road is about 11 acres. The South Pond (as he always called it) is 15-20 acres...depends on which document you choose to believe. Just south of the road you see a small pond...we call it the Road Pond, about an acre. It is part of the overall "South Pond". The small EW dam just south of the road is the "original dam" of the Gin Pond...per the Inspector of Dams...see dam inspection card attached.
The pictures I posted to the forum don't work...try this:
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In the early 1950's, Grandaddy logged upstream from the Gin Pond (water flows North there) and left the pine, cypress and whatever else stumps in place...they were cut from 6-12" above ground level. The 1956 aerial map shows the two ponds he made..they are just left of the center of the map. The North pond...north of the EW road is about 11 acres. The South Pond (as he always called it) is 15-20 acres...depends on which document you choose to believe. Just south of the road you see a small pond...we call it the Road Pond, about an acre. It is part of the overall "South Pond". The small EW dam just south of the road is the "original dam" of the Gin Pond...per the Inspector of Dams...see dam inspection card attached.