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 Benchmark FB2522 - Cullowhee, NC Posted by:  vhasler
N 35° 18.702 W 083° 10.743
17S E 301898 N 3909788
Located on WCU campus above the stone Breese Gym built in 1939.
Waymark Code: WMHKWB
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2013
Views: 9
Official description: 01/01/1972 as DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1972 (JWC) BREESE IS A N. C. GEODETIC SURVEY TRAVERSE STATION ESTABLISHED IN THE VICINITY OF CULLOWHEE, NORTH CAROLINA. BREESE IS LOCATED IN CULLOWHEE ON THE WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. STATION IS ON THE WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS ALONG CIRCLE DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET EAST OF THE REAR OF THE BREESE GYMNASIUM, ON TOP OF A BANK, 225 FEET WEST OF JOYNER BLDG., AND APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET NNW OF THE INFIRMARY. STATION MARK IS A STANDARD N. C. BRASS TRAVERSE DISK, STAMPED BREESE 1972, SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE CYLINDER, THE TOP OF WHICH IS 1 INCH BELOW THE GROUND. MARK IS 14.4 FT W OF C/L OF CIRCLE DRIVE 69.0 FT SSW OF TP WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG 19.9 FT NE OF 30 INCH OAK WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG 52.5 FT N OF TP W/TELEPHONE SERVICE JUNCTION BOX AND WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG (SLOPE)
01/01/1980 as RECOVERY NOTE BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1980 (ESL) THE STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE DESCRIPTION IS ADEQUATE EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS. THE TELEPHONE POLES AND 30 INCH OAK TREE HAVE BEEN REMOVED. MARK IS 95.5 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INFIRMARY AND 50.8 FEET NORTHEAST OF A 30 INCH SCARLET OAK AND 19.9 FEET NORTHEAST OF A 30 INCH OAK STUMP AND 52.5 FEET NORTH OF A TELEPHONE PEDESTAL AND 116.5 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF A LAMP POLE WITH REFERENCE TAG.
Found - thanks to painted arrow on paved street. A change from above descriptions is that Joyner Building is gone (burned in 1981).
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: BREESE 1972
Benchmark Agency: Not listed
Benchmark Agency (if other): n/a
Monumentation type: TRAVERSE STATION Disk
Monumentation type (if other): n/a
County: Jackson County
Special Category (if other): n/a
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: FB2522
Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
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