What would it look like?
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I have been working with Google Earth and a 3D model of a 400 foot Wind Turbine in the location that has been selected. Using Google Earth you can interactively view the horizon from any location at ground level using its tilt feature. It is easily visible from at least 8 miles north up in Truro and 8 mile south in Orleans. The following are some of the viewscapes where the tower will be visible.
1) It is clearly viewable from the Town Pier on the eastern horizon.
2) It is viewable when driving by and will be the backdrop for photos of Uncle Tims Bridge. Imagine a scenic wood bridge with a power plant in the backdrop!
3) It will dwarf the dunes when looked at from the Ocean and be visible from the bay.
4) It will be viewable from the breakwater
5) Easily viewable from Great Island.
6) It is shockingly dominant when viewed from Ocean View Drive rising some 360 feet above everything!
7) It is quite large when viewed from Marconi Station.
It will be the dominant item when traveling Route 6.
9) Great Pond and Duck Pond will have large views of the Turbine
10) There is blinking light at night and the whole tower might flash whenever a lighthouse shines on it!
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Whitecrest Parking Lot
View from Surf Board at Surfers
View from Uncle Tim's Bridge Commercial St
- View from Town Pier
View from 1 Mile out in the Ocean
View from the Harbor near the Break Water
From Great Island
View Headed South Ocean View Drive
View from Marconi Station
View from Route 6 by Black Duck
View from Duck Pond
