View of the flume from our house.
Looking up the flume from the bottom.
Looking upstream at the top of the flume as May Brook pours through the woods.
Looking at the water go down the flume and into the beaver bog.
The kids love walking over here to slide down the flume in the summer.
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Stone Flume
Stone Flume is across the road. The kids go water sliding on it in the summer. The flow of water through it is regulated by the beaver dam upstream. You can explore the ruins of a century old mill on the side of it. The brush in the foreground is alder and willow that the beaver eat. This photograph was taken in February, but now, in April, the flume looks the same. There is a wider flow of water now, but it is still covered in ice and the beaver bog meadow, that the water flows into, is still entirely covered in about one foot of snow. I suppose I could have entitled this post "Stone Flume in Spring"!
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When May Brook leaves the village reservoir, it falls into the Stone Flume and flows to Crystal Lake. I had been trying for three years to get this photograph but was never successful until John led the way to a safe cliff for photography. There was still snow and ice last weekend when we made this trek. The other photographs are stunning because of the rugged and untouched landscape. See my Barton Reservoir Set for more.| # | Title | Date | Town | County | Source | LS Number |
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| 1 | Stone Flume | 1875 | Barton | Orleans | Special Collections, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont | LS03028_000 |
| 2 | River through Natural Flume | 1911 | Barton | Orleans | Special Collections, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont | LS01347_000 |
| 3 | Natural Flume | 1911 | Barton | Orleans | Ted Alexander Postcard Collection, Old Stone House Museum | LS03804_000 |
"Stone Flume" 1875
"River Through Natural Flume" 1911
"Natural Flume" 1911
