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Burnside Plantation in Bethlehem PA has
a rich history that has been preserved
through the hard work of dedicated
volunteers.
One of those volunteers, Bob
Windolph, contacted Dr. Laura Sherrod and
the Geophysical Society of Kutztown
University (GSKU) in summer 2016 to request
a geophysical investigation to locate the
foundation of a brick kiln on site.
This kiln was thought to have been a
location of some importance for General
George Washington during the war era.
The location under investigation
had been farmed on and off for
the last 200 or so years and had also
probably been altered by the construction of
a railroad line and a major office building
in the area close to the site. This left the
soils highly disturbed and destroyed any
surficial evidence of the foundation of the
kiln.
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School students visiting Burnside Plantation
on the date of the survey.
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