Dwight Coaling Station

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On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 9:18 PM Ken wrote:

> Which I would daresay was several hundred feet west of the original
> location, today, it is an elevation change there, and it really does not be
> a lot, maybe 15-18 feet, but not a trace remaining from the aerial view,
> but I’d take a guess that the dark area running across the track is pretty
> close:
>
>
> https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dwight,+VA+23898/@36.8566501,-76.8162104,1066m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x89b0159c82bd724f:0xcb62765f3017aaec!8m2!3d36.8532054!4d-76.8121814!16s%2Fm%2F04c2mhl?entry=ttu


Instead of the satellite view, select terrain view and the ballon track
will pop right out (at least in Chrome on a Mac). See
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dwight,+VA+23898/@36.8541091,-76.8215319,16z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89b0159c82bd724f:0xcb62765f3017aaec!8m2!3d36.8532054!4d-76.8121814!16s%2Fm%2F04c2mhl!5m1!1e4?entry=ttu

Google is apparently merging in LiDAR data as part of its terrain view.

Bruce in Blacksburg
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