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From: "J DOT Henry Priebe Jr DOT " root AT bluemoon DOT net
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 11:25:57 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: (erielack) Water Gap Map
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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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