Lock 57 has it's own ghost story that G12 plans to investigate next week. This was a busy area at one time, with towns like Smithferry and Island Run nearby. There was a paper mill just upstream, and grist mills in the area. The bridge in the pictures is not the original. There was one there similar to Grimms Bridge, but two lane. It was destroyed in the early 70s when Hurricane Agnes ripped through here. I remember because my dad worked at Crucible Steel in Midland and had to go down through the Grimms Bridge Area to get to work for a long time while the bridge was replaced.
But, many years before that there was a dark night when 5 nuns were on their way home. It was late and perhaps they shouldn't have been out. They were singing hymns as their buggy jolted along. It is unclear the details of their accident. Did something spook the horses pulling them along? Did someone jump out and try to rob them, their singing attracting the robbers attention? No one knows for sure, but the horses bolted hazardously toward the bridge and the buggy smashed into the side, ultimately falling over the edge, into the creek. All 5 nuns were killed.
Today, there have been many people who have reported hearing mysterious singing coming from the bridge at midnight. It is always hymns of some sort. G12 plans on being down there for a midnight run to investigate the area.
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