Grimms Bridge
| The old train tunnel at Grimms BridgeThis is a very scary place. There is almost an ominous feeling when you stand in front of it. |
March 16th 2010
Dave and I spent 4 hours down in the Grimms Bridge area yesterday. We went to take some pics of the locks, tunnel, and bridge. Hearing about a third lock in that area, we ended up looking for it. We not only found it (tomorrows story) but also this foundation of what the locals call The Grinding Mill. Not much remains, but that beautiful arch has withstood the test of time. I was mezmorized!!!
We found so much down there at Grimms Bridge, we will be having a tour of that area on April 18. It will start at 4pm. I am excited about this tour. It has to be done before the leaves, weeds, and flowers start growning in the woods. The remnants of towns, locks, and railroads will be easier to see that way. We will meet down by the little train bridge and the tour will commence from there.
Any questions? Email me. I will be posting a few more stories this week about our finds in this little known area of Beaver Creek.
Lock #52, at Grimms Bridge, sits on private property, though the owner didn't mind that we had a look. Full of water now, it adds to the beauty of this scene. Shaped differently than other locks I have seen, it has moss covered steps on the creek side, and when Dave and I were climbing them, we both made the remark that it was like walking up an Aztec Temple. Some other neighbors we talked to, The Schmidbauers, told us a few things about the area, including legend about a Blue Lady in the area. There were not any details to the story, only that a woman had died somehow in the area and now her ghost sometimes appears, casting a blue light. Sounds similiar to the Thompson Park Blue Lady Legend. I am eager to find out more details. Who was she? How did she die? Why is she called The Blue Lady?
I have read that there is an old bridge abuttment in the area. The odd shape of this lock leads me to wonder if it doubled as a bridge? If any one knows anything about it, please let me know.
March 18th 2010
Lock #52, at Grimms Bridge, sits on private property, though the owner didn't mind that we had a look. Full of water now, it adds to the beauty of this scene. Shaped differently than other locks I have seen, it has moss covered steps on the creek side, and when Dave and I were climbing them, we both made the remark that it was like walking up an Aztec Temple. Some other neighbors we talked to, The Schmidbauers, told us a few things about the area, including legend about a Blue Lady in the area. There were not any details to the story, only that a woman had died somehow in the area and now her ghost sometimes appears, casting a blue light. Sounds similiar to the Thompson Park Blue Lady Legend. I am eager to find out more details. Who was she? How did she die? Why is she called The Blue Lady?
I have read that there is an old bridge abuttment in the area. The odd shape of this lock leads me to wonder if it doubled as a bridge? If any one knows anything about it, please let me know.
March 23rd 2010
 | On Friday, March 19, I took a small crew down to Grimms Bridge and we had a look around. We concentrated our efforts around Lock # 50 and #51. My crew was Holly, Becky, Lisa, and Brooke. It was a great ghost hunting evening!
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 | This is Becky standing beside some of the cut stones used to make Lock #51. As you can see they are very large. While there is a lot of damage and degrading going on in these locks, it also allows you to see what they are made of. For me, it left me wondering how they moved these stones and positioned them the way they did. |
 | Holly, Lisa, and Brooke make their way carefully around some of the trees and rocks along the bank of Beaver Creek. We used a ghost box in this area and got some WOW results. When I asked what color Holly's coat was, the ghost box started playing a song about a womans lip stick. Later when we were in Lock #52, the ghost box started playing a song by Sting called "I'll Be Watching You." Creepy.
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 | Later, we climbed to the top of the little train bridge in that area and again used the ghost box. One question asked was if any spirits in the area ever rode the train. We got a very clear YES. We also saw formless shadows moving around us, some black, some a beige color. All of us saw something as we stood up there. Lisa also smelled cherry pipe tobacco very strongly. We are excited to get back down there and do some more work! |
March 25th 2010
About three years ago, while looking for an easier way to get to the Montour Train Tunnel, we discovered a stone wall in the woods down in the Grimms Bridge area. All the years I have been going down there and I never knew it was there. It is about two hundred feet long. What is left of it is about three feet high.
I don't know at this time what might have been here, though I do have some theories. On the ridge line above the wall lays the long forgotten Montour Rail Road Line. Perhaps it was a wall built and used by the rail road for some reason. It could also have been a business, but if it was, it was far too large to have been simply forgotten and not talked about. It could have been someone's farm or property. Perhaps there was a small village here, and this wall marked it's boundaries. There is nothing on any maps to indicate there was ever a town down here, but anything is possible. Very obviously, there was some kind of settlement in this area. There is too much here that has left it's mark on the area.
Now is the best time to see it, and you can clearly make it out from the road. It is very near Lock # 51. If anyone knows what it was, or why it is there, please let me know.