Overlook Park

Sandy Springs New Overlook Park
(With Dr. Milton Krainin and our dog Cooper)
Dedicated 2010

Where it all began. This March 2009 AJC article piqued our curiosity as to just what was going on up at Morgan Falls.

Morgan Falls Dam built in 1904

* Click on thumbnails below for larger views *
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The Overlook area being cleared and graded in March 2008
Clearing the site overgrown with bamboo reveals a chimney of a pre-Civil War house.
A second chimney has fallen down. (Read the history of this old house, below.)

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Two years later the parking lot is finished.
The bamboo is all cleared and the hearth repaired.
And the chimney now stabilized at the rear.

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Boat dock accessed from the lower walk.
Dock accessed from the upper walk.
Structure supporting the chimney.

Some Views

Lake view behind the chimney showing part of the stabilizing structure

Aerial Photos Looking Westward -According to Google Earth
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Pavilion support columns The park under construction in April 2010 Chimney circled in red

Aerial Photos Looking North
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1938* 2002 2010
In the 2002 photograph, the chimney is marked by a GPS waypoint., but is not actually visible in the overgrowth.

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AJC newspaper article Aug. 2010 Oct. 2010

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Visit to the Park, Sept. 2010

The New Playground, Oct. 2010

Little Tikes get a Bounce

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Slides Galore The Web of "Intrigue'

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'Magic' Flags Puzzling Puzzles Spiral Stairway

This playground should keep the children entrained for hours!

Additional Reading (.pdf)
*Morgan Falls Archaeology Report
Historic Architectural Chimney Report

Photos and text by - jack yeazel