LIDAR Findings: Harrisville & Martha's Furnace NJ Ghost Towns

In this video, we take a dive into the forgotten history of New Jersey by exploring two ghost towns that are not far from each other with the help of #LIDAR technology. Join us as we use LIDAR scans to find points of interest and find things we didn't know about before.
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[@user-iamRobinV68]

Amazing history!! Love walking along with you guys. Keep em coming! Hope all is well ! 😊

[@RusticVentures]

Thank you, Robin!

[@DDExplores]

Love the video. You found so much and your research is top notch !

[@spookerr]

Outstanding excellent LIDAR video. Was there yesterday. Sad its all mostl gone. And the town was bigger than I thought.

[@burningsandsexploration3711]

Good video and very interesting location. Thank you.

[@RusticVentures]

Thank you so much Burning Sands Exploration!

[@BackroadsMetalDetecting]

New subscriber from SE MN here. As a detectorist, I'm constantly looking for new ways to research potential sites to detect. Looking forward to following your adventures. Jim Parry, Backroads Metal Detecting

[@walkingcam1]

Great technology, Kathy. Never heard before 👍

[@StephanieFerrante_]

Hey. I enjoyed the video. Thanks for the content and hard work.

[@sonplusone7059]

This was cool! You and Danny had a great day. When Danny burped, I started laughing because Chris does that too when he’s knows I’m taping lol. Looks like kinda a remote location. 🤗

[@RusticVentures]

Oh Chris! Lol! Danny doesn't hold back. It can get pretty remote there. Love the pine barrens :-)

[@lakefromeshippingcompany]

This is fascinating stuff, Kathy! It's like an archaeological dig. I'd like to get hold of some LIDAR maps of the Adelaide Hills. I think they'd reveal some interesting sites that aren't apparent on Google Earth. 🌏

[@RusticVentures]

Thank you Lake Frome Shipping Company! LIDAR certainly is a game changer! I'll be loading it up for future ghost town explores.

[@waynelutwiniak797]

Really cool, I'd like to play with that Lidar myself. Great content, as always!. Love the show👍

[@RusticVentures]

Hard to shut the app down once I have the LIDAR loaded. It's amazing what it can show.

[@danpatch4751]

I'm from a town in northern Minnesota that a paper mill was established in 1901, it is still in operation but has gone through many changes through the years. It was founded as Blandin papermill and is now known as UPM. My grandfather worked there in the 20s and early 30s. Don't know how much longer it will be in operation. Thanks for taking us along your explore.

[@jimbolen6364]

Where in northern MN? My wife is from up there.

[@danpatch4751]

@@jimbolen6364 Grand Rapids

[@petersipp5247]

My grandmother & I "discovered" Harrisville on one of our day trips we'd take from Surf City in the early 60's. I swam in the pond there. In the years since then...waterpower has been a study of mine. I find the shape of the delivery canal to the paper mill new to me. From the layout of the land...the amount of "fall" looked to be enough to bring the water to the undershot water wheels at the mill. If the delivery canal was lined with clay (to prevent the water from "escaping") the distance the water had to travel would not matter. So, we can only guess about this delivery canal. I wonder if another works was planned...it was planned to go upstream of the papermill? Humm...the delivery canal would have had to have had enough volume to permit both (or more mills) to supply adequate water without starving any downstream users. Could you tell if this delivery canal was wide from the beginnig of it? If it is wider than where the papermills entrances are...then my theory is on it. Enjoyed your candid video, thank you, Pete

[@walkingcam1]

Spent the evening downloading lidar data files. Look like, this summer will not have time to work 😂 Too many new places discovered to explore

[@RusticVentures]

It's addicting for sure! I look forward to seeing what you find :-)

[@s.morris4099]

I have a qquestion about Lidar Radar.... are the maps available online, like Google earth? If so what is the site? Are rhese sites free or do they require a fee to look ar areas? Thank you for your help. ❤

[@robrowe9174]

Great, this video makes me mad. I wish I never watched it. Because now I'm gonna have to be wasting all my time looking at lidar maps. Lol. Actually it was a very informative video. Thank you for sharing.

[@pc-yx9uh]

can you metal detector?

[@RusticVentures]

Most likely not permitted.