Linda,

Susan Hector is an expert on all things regarding spinning, weaving, dying, 
etc.

S. Walter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Hector" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "'Susan Walter'" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 8:07 AM
Subject: RE: stone-lined pools and channels


Fulling mill set up, sounds like.  There is a similar system at Mission 
Santa Ynez that I saw dating to about the same period (early 1800s).  Dye 
houses were kept by professionals and consisted of a series of fireplaces in 
a row with large tubs for rinsing.  And normally on the edge of town due to 
the smell......  Not likely by weavers right by the house.  Very 
interesting, thanks!

Susan

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Walter [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 4:07 PM
To: Susan Hector
Subject: Fw: stone-lined pools and channels

Dye pool?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Stine" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 2:46 PM
Subject: stone-lined pools and channels


> Someone sent me this- does this sound familiar?  For a dye pool?  Cistern?
> or?  I haven't seen it yet.
>
>
> "A few years ago I was with some people who were interested in a homestead
> begun by a German family in 1760... and the stone foundation and fireplace
> were still extant five years ago. In the 1970s someone began building a
> house on top of it, but didn't quite finish.  Most interesting is a
> channel
> cut in the ground in front of the house.  It is a few feet wide and lined
> with cut stone.  It runs perhaps forty or fifty yards to a deep, wide
> pool,
> also lined with cut stone and having stone steps leading down into it.
> The
> German immigrant who built it...wrote in his will that he was a weaver. "
>
> Linda
> at: [log in to unmask]
> -- 
> Dr. Linda France Stine, RPA
> 336-334-5132
> 436 Graham Building
> Department of Anthropology
> University of North Carolina Greensboro
> 27412-5001


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