[PRCo] Re: something in beaver county...

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, robert netzlof wrote:

> Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> >
> > http://www.west2k.com/papix/smithsferry.jpg
> >
> > (linked from www.west2k.com/pastations/beaver.htm)
> >
> > I assume it's an SEL&BVT car on the bridge, I'm not sure where
> > Smith's Ferry is...
>
> But the Geographic Names Information System knows. Try:
>
> http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form

I didn't bother with the FIP55 data last night, but Google told me it was
near Ohioville and Industry, which confirmed, or close enough

> which turned up:
>
> http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?S=14&T=2&lat=40.6475&lon=-80.5022
>
> > ...but it's probably along the highway between Beaver and
> > East Liverpool.
>
> So you knew after all.

Well, the stations page with a link to the picture claimed C&P, and it's
clearly in a river valley, and there was a ferry...

> I've found the GNIS to be very good at finding places, often showing
> the location of places which other services claim don't exist.

I actually carry a copy of GNIS on my laptop to use with a mapping program
called Xastir, which displays all sorts of data I got free. Very useful.
It also has address-finding as of last week, but not route-finding... yet.