Re: (erielack) Water Gap Maps

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The shots may have been taken from the Fire Tower that's plainly marked on  
the 1936 map along with the dirt road that went into it.  The county line  
between Monroe, and Northampton pretty much follows that road. As I stated  
earlier, a short walk through the woods any where along that road where the  
letters  PTON CO are would bring you to the edge of the mountain with views 
 looking south east all along it.   The pastures in the photo's  directly 
down the mountain are clearly shown in white versus the wooded  area's in 
green.
 
Note: That map still shows the L&NE connection with  the Lackawanna 
dropping down into Portland. This was probably gone by this  time in favor of doing 
the interchange up at the Hill Yard, or the  connection about a mile or so 
due west of town.

Bob Bahrs 
 
 
In a message dated 10/5/2012 11:27:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
root_@_bluemoon.net writes:


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Here are 1893 and 1936 USGS maps of the Delaware Water  Gap. The 1893 map is
obviously pre-cutoff.

For a true 1938 aerial  photo of the area, I suggest downloading the Penn  
Pilot
aerial(s):

Low res "preview image" you can view in a browser,  747 KB 1899x1492  JPeg:
http://data.cei.psu.edu/pennpilot/era1940/northampton_1939/northampton_1939_
photos_jpg_200/northampton_100338_aqv_13_19.jpg

High  res aerial viewable in a browser, 9.6 MB huge 7956x5969 JPeg max  
detail:
http://data.cei.psu.edu/pennpilot/era1940/northampton_1939/northampton_1939_
photos_jpg_800/northampton_100338_aqv_13_19.jpg

High  res aerial as a downloadable  zipfile:
http://data.cei.psu.edu/pennpilot/era1940/northampton_1939/northampton_1939_
photos_jpg_800/northampton_100338_aqv_13_19.zip

Medium  res in a browser, 2.6 MB  3798x2985:
http://data.cei.psu.edu/pennpilot/era1940/northampton_1939/northampton_1939_
photos_jpg_400/northampton_100338_aqv_13_19.jpg

Medium  res download  zipfile:
http://data.cei.psu.edu/pennpilot/era1940/northampton_1939/northampton_1939_
photos_jpg_400/northampton_100338_aqv_13_19.zip

Henry

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On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 randolphbrown23_@_comcast.net  wrote:

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>  
> I hope I have attached a scan of the topo map for the Water Gap  section. 
Perhaps our guru can enlarge the immediate area for greater clarity.  
> 
> Note the "lookout tower."  I suspect most of th e views  were from that 
site -- maybe even #67, considering the bend in the river?  
> 
> Randy Brown


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