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Bob, I will be out and about in Wharton on Saturday if you are up to meet up.

I assume that the road was out of use by then and thus wasn't depicted. That's a lot of wetlands that the old road passed through.

Keep in mind that they essentially truncated a small hill; the original elevation at the crest was higher than the present day edge of the pit.

Using the lidar elevation tool, I'm seeing a depth of 4 ft. @Boyd, can you speak to the accuracy of the lidar elevation?

Bob, I had wondered about this before, and my thought is that it is a borrow pit for a causeway on this old road: https://boydsmaps.com/#16.00/39.689518/-74.715691/historic62k/0.00/0.00

The remains of the old dam? Been awhile since I've been there

Nice work, Fellas. Fun stuff! The raceway is evident in the 1980 IR photos: https://boydsmaps.com/#18.00/39.766669/-74.677998/njgin1980/0.00/0.00 Superchooch, I take it that by "flat spot" you are simply referring to the earthen dam? There should be plenty of forge slag around. May be under...

Didn't we visit that one a PBX hike? Somewhere in Bass River State Forest if memory serves.

How lucky we are to be able to enjoy the fruits of your labor, at no cost to boot. Happy New Year!

Bob, is this for your phone? For home and internet? Both?

Bootlegging??

@RednekF350 will appreciate this tune. Right?

Jerseyman! Thanks for chiming in, my friend. OK, I'm no longer running with my hypothesis. :D Some research is in order!

Near the junction of two major stage roads. I'm running with this hypothesis. https://boydsmaps.com/#14.00/39.806045/-74.688227/vermeule/0.00/0.00

Good question. Perhaps a toll gate? Just thinking out loud here.

That is what Ted Gordon claims. Makes sense to me. https://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/pieces-of-hampton-park-history.7822/#post-92931

ah, yes. that's what I was thinking of

https://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/canoe-camp-trip-on-the-atsyunk.4448/#post-47312 I still hold to this hypothesis.

I refuse to call it by any other name than Mysheepcaughtoxen

Let's go, global warming! If only we had our own oil to drill.