Excavating History - What They Found Inside this Abandoned Mill

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  • čas přidán 2. 07. 2023
  • Livermore Falls in New Hampshire is home to an abandoned paper mill with an incredible story.
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Komentáře • 239

  • @ReggieWarrhol
    @ReggieWarrhol Před rokem +25

    I worked in a paper mill for 25 years, it was built in 1891 and that building is as far as I know the only one still standing. We used water turbines as well for power and the river itself to supply water for steam. The turbines there are still in use generating electricity for the local hydro company.

    • @mrwaterschoot5617
      @mrwaterschoot5617 Před 11 měsíci +2

      i know of a post mils vermont they had a log and bobbin mill it was still in operation 1990s. it was dismantled in the 2000s.

  • @MilePost106
    @MilePost106 Před rokem +33

    The paper mill I worked at here in Minnesota we had the same exact method running the pulp beaters by water power. A canal was constructed in the 1800’s from the Mississippi River and went under the mill. It closed up in the 1990’s after going bankrupt. It’s now called Mill Park located in Little Falls, Mn. They left some of the remnants behind when they tore it down.

  • @Liz-cmc313
    @Liz-cmc313 Před rokem +19

    Love this kind of history, the forgotten. ❤.. Terrific job Chris.

  • @sandysue202
    @sandysue202 Před rokem +21

    You always have great videos, Chris! I can't even begin to imagine being involved with the manual labor it took to cut out those big pieces of iron and get them safely loaded on trucks and hauled away!

    • @MobileInstinct
      @MobileInstinct  Před rokem +10

      It would have been interesting to be there and watch it all happen.

  • @nerd26373
    @nerd26373 Před rokem +10

    We will always support you. Seems like you genuinely love what you do.

  • @derekandjo75
    @derekandjo75 Před rokem +3

    Greetings from the ozark mountains! Arkansas side!❤

  • @jontooke846
    @jontooke846 Před rokem +5

    That was a incredible story thank you. Looking forward to the next story

  • @charliechristie2949
    @charliechristie2949 Před rokem +2

    I am an "anything mechanical" nut. I thoroughly loved this video, just like so many others you make. Thank you, Chris !

  • @ernestj3081
    @ernestj3081 Před rokem +10

    Amazing history of what we all take for granted…paper! Your insight and passion for such historical and spectacular doings is unmatched Chris.
    Love this kind of stuff and you do it fabulously!💙🙏🏻💥Thanks Chris

  • @ianmaddams9577
    @ianmaddams9577 Před 10 měsíci

    Amazing how they salvaged repaired and used again after being left abandoned for so long. That’s proper recycling ♻️

  • @st2826
    @st2826 Před rokem +4

    One of my favourite vloggers, you always go to some interesting places ❤

  • @dougscott8161
    @dougscott8161 Před rokem +5

    Chris, you seem to manage to find the most interesting places and locate the stories behind them. It's too bad you can't travel back in time to film some of this stuff as it happens. God Bless and stay safe.

  • @MichelleJune67
    @MichelleJune67 Před rokem +1

    My home State.. glad you are here❤️

  • @cds1957
    @cds1957 Před rokem +5

    Just like in the 1981 movie Thief starring James Caan ,they used a burning bar to break into a safe. Good movie. Anyway, another great video from you! Keep up the great work! Take care.

  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons101 Před rokem +1

    The states of Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire include some of the most beautiful parts of the country. Thanks for posting and stay safe......

  • @ratgirl13
    @ratgirl13 Před rokem +3

    You go to the coolest places, stay safe dude.❤

  • @trishagail353
    @trishagail353 Před rokem +2

    Great story Chris!!!❤

  • @lucidrain9469
    @lucidrain9469 Před rokem +2

    Thats a great story Chris! 👍 I've been looking forward to this one-

  • @neilp2441
    @neilp2441 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Your videos are fascinating, and presenting style is spot on. I live in Scotland, have never been to the US, and can't get enough of your channel. I've followed you for a few years now and still look forward to your next video. Keep up the great work 👍

  • @largent9
    @largent9 Před rokem +2

    Thank you for showing us this piece of history

  • @leninmi7579
    @leninmi7579 Před rokem +2

    I'm loving the series ❤👍

  • @nathanmeece9794
    @nathanmeece9794 Před rokem +10

    Good to see that someone saved the turbines and that they were put back in operation someplace else

  • @RobsNeighbor
    @RobsNeighbor Před rokem +2

    Thank you for a great story Chris!

  • @valariebedard2164
    @valariebedard2164 Před rokem +2

    Imagine living back then! And Working .there... it amazing how time flies! Everything changes so fast. Great story. 😊

  • @HM2SGT
    @HM2SGT Před rokem

    *As soon as I saw that thumbnail I knew where this was! Love it when stuff about home pops up*

  • @Thecorgially
    @Thecorgially Před rokem +2

    You are coming up with some interesting finds.

  • @larryinNH
    @larryinNH Před rokem +2

    Welcome to New Hampshire. We have an abandoned Leather Board factory in Milton , NH.

  • @chrisblack8390
    @chrisblack8390 Před rokem +1

    Coolest place ever!!! Thanks

  • @HM2SGT
    @HM2SGT Před rokem +5

    *HOME!* There was a video of a crew extracting the turbines30 years ago on CZcams somewhere, on the Internet somewhere. There used to be a hospital just across route 3. My pop remembers driving over the bridge before it was closed. Can you imagine driving that open deck with just a few flimsy pipe rails between you and the drop into Livermore Falls?!
    Used to be a great place to swim when I was a kid, there's a nice little beach on the upper river side of the mill. Or at least there used to be. That's where the Playboy party pick photo shoot from the 80s took place.

    • @elim7228
      @elim7228 Před 11 měsíci

      Playboy's are a clue LoL same characters always lurking in the shadows. Bunnies from the rabbit hole.

  • @kimkelly-kline3768
    @kimkelly-kline3768 Před rokem +2

    Thoroughly enjoy all of your Explores and Stories..thanks for taking us along!

  • @fhwolthuis
    @fhwolthuis Před rokem +1

    Very interesting!

  • @patriciajacobs7957
    @patriciajacobs7957 Před rokem +2

    Great video stay safe ❤

  • @jeepsahara333
    @jeepsahara333 Před rokem +2

    Love the history 💚💚💚 awesome find!

  • @dezertraider
    @dezertraider Před rokem +1

    VERY COOL CHRIS,THANK YOU

  • @edwardaustin740
    @edwardaustin740 Před rokem +1

    I appreciate the adventures in every video. I've been a fan of the channel for a few years now.

  • @donnaboisen6003
    @donnaboisen6003 Před rokem +1

    I loved the bridge. My favorite. Thanks for all you do.

  • @justinspringstun5836
    @justinspringstun5836 Před rokem +1

    Man those termite cutting bars must have been something else to see. I used to wield in high school. I can’t imagine working with something 8,000 plus degrees hot!!! They couldn’t pay me enough to do that job.

  • @stepps511
    @stepps511 Před rokem

    Fascinating story, Chris! Thank you!

  • @rumrunner1756
    @rumrunner1756 Před rokem +1

    Thanks Chris. Quite interesting. 👍

  • @janacollins-maguire4942
    @janacollins-maguire4942 Před rokem +3

    Amazing place. Thanks so much for the video, I truly enjoyed this. Happy & safe journey Chris! 💜☮️

  • @mxdr65
    @mxdr65 Před rokem

    Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

  • @jamesholt7612
    @jamesholt7612 Před rokem +2

    Very cool stuff Chris as well as the history.

  • @clintonneuhaus1818
    @clintonneuhaus1818 Před 11 měsíci

    That place is amazing. Great research too.

  • @scottthomas3792
    @scottthomas3792 Před 11 měsíci

    Imagine building that mill with the equipment they had at the time....that was truly an accomplishment. I think it's great these old turbines are still being used...even if not for their intended purpose.

  • @nikkigardiner9426
    @nikkigardiner9426 Před rokem +3

    Thank you, Chris❤

  • @simonritchie9393
    @simonritchie9393 Před rokem

    This Documentary is Excellent!. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @BuzzcutGtr
    @BuzzcutGtr Před rokem

    Nice vid, Chris! My maternal grandfather (RIP 1968) worked at that mill for a time. Had I known you were passing through Cow Hampsha, I would've invited you for a beer!

  • @michellerene951
    @michellerene951 Před rokem

    Always looking forward to your videos Chris!

  • @The-Night-Wolf
    @The-Night-Wolf Před rokem

    I've been there a few times, tons of fun swimming and rock jumping in that area, I actually remember swimming up the river to that paper mill from the public beach area to explore.

  • @johanna7254
    @johanna7254 Před rokem +1

    Great video, very interesting as always!!!

  • @somelikeithot444
    @somelikeithot444 Před rokem +1

    Very interesting video Chris. Keep them coming. 😊

  • @QualityCraftsmen
    @QualityCraftsmen Před rokem +1

    Good stories!

  • @monsterglo
    @monsterglo Před rokem +1

    I was so excited to see you uploaded this, am enjoying my vacation as you explore the hidden gems of many years ago , the 2 boys were crazy , looking forward to more of your trip 😊

  • @Qugar666
    @Qugar666 Před rokem

    Hugely interesting. Great video, thanks

  • @matthewsorensen2147
    @matthewsorensen2147 Před rokem

    Great history and great video

  • @davidmclaughlin2796
    @davidmclaughlin2796 Před rokem

    That's one of your best videos Chris, thank you.

  • @Antonchigurh00
    @Antonchigurh00 Před rokem +1

    Awesome

  • @apocyldoomer
    @apocyldoomer Před rokem +1

    Wow, that was different! Crazy story! Good stuff Chris, you never disappoint! Happy Trails.

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 Před rokem

    Thanks!

  • @NinaLouise-kv8oo
    @NinaLouise-kv8oo Před 3 měsíci

    Loved it. Very interesting ❤

  • @cjromecki5086
    @cjromecki5086 Před rokem

    Great video, as always! Loved the history and photos. Keep up the good work.

  • @rodplumb
    @rodplumb Před rokem +1

    Another great exploration 👍👏

  • @kevincozby
    @kevincozby Před rokem

    Great video! It's an interesting look at what was once such an important business. Thanks for sharing!

  • @Carolbearce
    @Carolbearce Před rokem

    Very interesting Chris. Thanks for sharing this history with us. Darn crazy kids jumping off that bridge.

  • @elizabethrowe7262
    @elizabethrowe7262 Před 9 měsíci

    Amazing history! Makes one wonder how they even built this mill back then!

  • @Chaotic-Demise77
    @Chaotic-Demise77 Před rokem

    I could just imagine the heat coming off those torches. Interesting vid!

  • @DDExplores
    @DDExplores Před rokem

    Great video ! Thanks for all the interesting history !

  • @jaxg9451
    @jaxg9451 Před rokem

    Very interesting. Can't wait for your Maine videos.

  • @sunflowermahea225
    @sunflowermahea225 Před rokem

    Great story this is why I love your channel.

  • @bentley4446
    @bentley4446 Před rokem +2

    Great area. Portsmouth, kittery, Portland have tons of history. Stay at wentworth by the sea for a really unique experience. Albacore is a must too in Portsmouth. Great video as always 😀

  • @Denny_E_Lee7575
    @Denny_E_Lee7575 Před rokem

    That is so cool

  • @timbit72
    @timbit72 Před 11 měsíci

    Really interesting & great job putting this together...even got some sound effects with some of those stills! Keep up the fine work Chris

  • @joemccann4373
    @joemccann4373 Před 11 měsíci

    awesome videos, wish I could take the roadtrips you go on

  • @cannedheat33
    @cannedheat33 Před rokem

    Checking in from Grafton County NH! Great videos!

  • @steelwheels327
    @steelwheels327 Před rokem +1

    The was cool!!

  • @creolelady182
    @creolelady182 Před rokem +3

    I see a great renovation here for some type of park but would cost a lot of money

  • @mathboot820
    @mathboot820 Před rokem +1

    Just found your channel recently and its become my new favorite! Keep up the great work!

  • @TammyMullins-jv8wm
    @TammyMullins-jv8wm Před 11 měsíci

    Love history ♥️

  • @shakascloset1700
    @shakascloset1700 Před rokem

    Awesome video

  • @JedCurrie
    @JedCurrie Před rokem

    Good video thanks 👍

  • @rossydee
    @rossydee Před rokem

    Great video mate. Big fan from Australia.
    It’s funny to see two blokes just casually remove those turbines with a dodgy crane and some old trucks! I hope they got some decent money for it.
    Ps those kids were mad jumping off that bridge!

  • @scottrider641
    @scottrider641 Před rokem +1

    Your research, narration and videography are spectacular as usual. Why a fascinating story.
    Thanks, Chris

  • @gregoryclayton8287
    @gregoryclayton8287 Před rokem

    Great stuff Chris!!! you have a great 4th of July big guy!!!

  • @terryatpi
    @terryatpi Před 11 měsíci

    Subscribed, thanks!

  • @karenlynn6860
    @karenlynn6860 Před rokem +5

    I actually lived there years ago. Beautiful and magical places in Maine. Thanks for the content, fascinating as usual.

    • @HM2SGT
      @HM2SGT Před rokem +1

      You misspelled _New Hampshire_
      This is in Plymouth, almost at the town line with Campton, the gateway to the highlands of the northeast kingdom, just vote in the centre of the state.

  • @raymondhoagland4976
    @raymondhoagland4976 Před rokem

    Just to think how they were built back then is unbelievable and to go and cut them out ! Incredible , thanks for sharing and the site of those two kids jumping off the bridge into the water scary !!

  • @SR-zi6eo
    @SR-zi6eo Před rokem

    Very interesting! Thank you so much! …..🌝

  • @Corinthians-kjv
    @Corinthians-kjv Před rokem

    Interesting place and dr pepper is the best soda.

  • @NaomisAdventures
    @NaomisAdventures Před rokem +1

    Neat ruins. Interesting history

  • @chucky6299
    @chucky6299 Před rokem

    Awesome! We have a shell of an 1800’s paper mill in Dundas, ON, Canada 🇨🇦, too. They are pretty cool.

  • @jburnett8152
    @jburnett8152 Před rokem +2

    Old fashion American ingenuity. I wonder where the turbines are now. Beautiful area. Thanks Chris

  • @ZacharyCusanelli
    @ZacharyCusanelli Před rokem

    You're in my hood. So cool. There's lots of great places to explore in NH. Maybe I'll see ya around. Lol.

  • @craftycasting9578
    @craftycasting9578 Před 11 měsíci +1

    there is one established in 1922 down the road from me still in operation today Stonehouse Paper & Bag Mills Ltd its got some nice historic photos on the website if you want to see what they looked like on the inside its the other side of the pond tho

  • @AMarchant
    @AMarchant Před rokem +4

    I wonder how they made out, when the books were all balanced. It's interesting that it would be more profitable to recover 80, 100 (?) year old technology than to purchase contemporary units.
    But you've also got to imagine the mammoth task involved in installing them in the first place. I suppose that story has been lost to time, but it must have been a pretty hair raising sequence to lower those giants down into there (and to transport them to that location), especially considering the limitations of the equipment of the time.

    • @charlesdeilke8364
      @charlesdeilke8364 Před rokem +3

      Those turbines are actually very efficient. Not much has changed in the last 130 yrs they pretty much nailed the Francis Turbine back than. Alot of those 1890-1910 turbines are still in use hooked to better more efficient Generators and electronic control.

    • @AMarchant
      @AMarchant Před rokem +1

      @@charlesdeilke8364 Appreciate your insight, thanks for the reply, very interesting!

  • @danielfouardlibertarianono8017

    Okay so you got me. Reading the comments made me have to subscribe! Now don't disappoint me sonny. I take this stuff seriously!

  • @speedfreak8200
    @speedfreak8200 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I keep thinking of Privy Pits at a lot of places you go. Gotta be bottle dumps. The grafilthy cracked me up. " Dopeless Hope Fiend" reminds me of someone I know

    • @HM2SGT
      @HM2SGT Před 9 měsíci

      Back when I was a kid in the 80s there was a lot less ruin, and you could see the concrete floor clearly; there was a terrific gigantic re-creation of the Becks beer label in the middle. Plymouth State College was one of the party college picks for playboy magazine in the 80s, they used the very pleasant little beach where the intakes were that is now excavated as the setting for the photo shoot. 😃

  • @sowhat599
    @sowhat599 Před rokem +40

    Nothing is safe from taggers is it.

    • @halfcrazyoldchristianredne895
      @halfcrazyoldchristianredne895 Před rokem +3

      Nothing

    • @SkunkApe407
      @SkunkApe407 Před rokem +9

      It's literally the crumbling ruins of a long abandoned mill house. Some people will find any reason to bitch.

    • @dennisneo1608
      @dennisneo1608 Před rokem +4

      They defy gravity too.

    • @apocyldoomer
      @apocyldoomer Před rokem +3

      It’s amazing how they get into the strangest and most dangerous places to graffiti.

    • @SkunkApe407
      @SkunkApe407 Před rokem +4

      @@apocyldoomer the harder the spot is to reach, the harder it is for another to tag over your work. It also adds to the impression of the piece. Graffiti, like any other art form, often goes unappreciated by Ludites.

  • @stlredbirds85
    @stlredbirds85 Před rokem

    You mentioned a second channel? Live these videos. Like to what else you have. Thanks

  • @thomasrohleder4281
    @thomasrohleder4281 Před rokem +2

    Maybe the way to go would have been to drill a lot of holes and also use a torch? I love hybrid solutions tbh

  • @skepticrunner7
    @skepticrunner7 Před rokem

    i would've went there. :) Nice title too!