Author Topic: TCDA dairy car #65 -- located at #65 Main Street in Wiscasset?  (Read 1117 times)

Bill Reidy

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TCDA dairy car #65 -- located at #65 Main Street in Wiscasset?
« on: February 28, 2024, 10:29:57 AM »
Well, I just had my chuckle of the day.  After reading the Wiscasset Newspaper article about plans for the Wiscasset Schoonerfest at the town's recreation pier September 21st, I turned to Google Maps to see where the pier is located (1 Water Street).  Scrolling north to the creamery pier, I was surprised to see our dairy car marked with a "65."



That's odd.  Normally Google maps uses numbers like this to mark street addresses.  So I then opened a new browser window, went to maps.google.com, and searched for "65 Main Street Wiscasset ME".  Here's the result:



Yup, Google maps thinks our TCDA car #65 is located at 65 Main Street in Wiscasset.  No, it's not.  Apparently somewhere along the line the car number was interpreted as the car's street address.

There is a 65 Main Street in Wiscasset.  It is located on the southbound side of U.S. Route 1, between Water and Middle streets.



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Re: TCDA dairy car #65 -- located at #65 Main Street in Wiscasset?
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2024, 11:00:14 AM »
I'd be willing to bet that the camera car scans for building numbers, and since the real 65 Main Street's facade fell off last year (2 years ago?) you can't see the numbers right now.
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