EB0855 - DILLON NORTH BASE - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

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Documented History (by the NGS)
1/1/1933 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1933 (CIA) AT ROWLAND, NEAR ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD DEPOT, 15.84 METERS (52.0 FEET) WEST OF EAST RAIL OF NORTH-BOUND TRACK AND 10.8 METERS (35 FEET) SOUTH OF SOUTH END OF DEPOT. SURFACE MARK IS STANDARD STATION DISK IN CONCRETE, STAMPED DILLON NORTH BASE (1933). UNDERGROUND MARK IS STANDARD REFERENCE DISK IN CONCRETE INSTEAD OF STATION DISK. REFERENCE MARKS NOS. 1 AND 2 ARE STANDARD REFERENCE DISKS IN CONCRETE. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS JUST ACROSS TRACKS FROM STATION, 15.8 METERS (52 FEET) EAST OF CENTER LINE OF NORTH-BOUND TRACK, 2.5 METERS (8 FEET) SOUTHEAST OF TELEGRAPH POLE, AND 31.548 METERS (103.50 FEET) FROM STATION, BEARING S 72 DEG 58 MIN E. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS JUST ACROSS TRACKS FROM ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COTTON PLATFORM, 10.40 METERS (34.1 FEET) SOUTH OF CENTER LINE OF DIRT STREET, 10 METERS (33 FEET) EAST OF CENTER LINE OF NORTH-BOUND TRACK, 4.5 METERS (15 FEET) WEST OF TELEGRAPH POLE, AND 45.152 METERS (148.14 FEET) FROM STATION BEARING S 05 DEG 22 MIN E. REFERENCE MARK NO. 3 (AZIMUTH) IS STANDARD REFERENCE DISK STAMPED DILLON NORTH BASE R. M. 3 (1933) CEMENTED IN DRILL HOLE IN SOUTH FACE (SOUTHWEST CORNER) OF BRICK BUILDING OCCUPIED BY WILSON MOTOR SALES COMPANY, 1.18 METERS (3.9 FEET) ABOVE GROUND, ABOUT 100 METERS (328 FEET) NORTHEAST OF DEPOT, 16.25 METERS (53.3 FEET) EAST OF CENTER LINE OF NORTH-BOUND TRACK, 1.12 METERS (3.7 FEET) EAST OF SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BUILDING, AND ABOUT 140 METERS (459 FEET) FROM STATION, BEARING N 41 DEG 50 MIN E. ROWLAND, METHODIST CHURCH, SPIRE IS ABOUT 0.5 MILE FROM STATION, BEARING S 15 DEG 15 MIN E.
1/1/1943 by USE (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US ENGINEERS 1943 FOUND AS DESCRIBED, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS. ALL REFERENCE MARKS ARE DESTROYED.
1/1/1968 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 (NCS) STATION AND AZIMUTH MARKS ONLY WERE RECOVERED. THE STATION MARK IS BENEATH THE WAREHOUSE AND LOADING PLATFORM OF THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD STATION AND CAN BE REACHED ONLY BY CRAWLING BENEATH THE BUILDING. THE MARK IS STAMPED DILLON NORTH BASE 1933, AND IS FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND BUT COVERED BY MATERIALS SIFTING THROUGH THE FLOOR ABOVE. IT IS 117 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE BUILDING, 35 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THAT PART OF THE BUILDING THAT IS MADE OF BRICK, 15 FEET FROM EITHER SIDE, AND THE ENTIRE AREA BENEATH IS ENCLOSED BY VERTICAL PLANKING. RM 1 IS REPORTEDLY BENEATH THE PAVEMENT 17.5 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE WEST CORNER AND ABOUT IN LINE WITH THE NORTHEAST FACE OF THE ROWLAND SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION BUILDING, ABOUT 2 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE. IT WAS LAST SEEN WHILE DIGGING FOR A DITCH TO AN IRON-GRILLED CATCH BASIN, BEFORE PAVING OPERATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE RECENTLY. RM 2 WAS NOT RECOVERED AFTER CONSIDERABLE PROBING. IT WAS REPORTED DESTROYED IN 1943, (AS WERE RMS 1 AND 3.) RM 3 WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION, SET VERTICALLY IN THE SOUTHWEST FACE OF THE FORMER FORD GARAGE, (NOW USED FOR STORAGE ONLY). IT IS STAMPED DILLON NORTH BASE NO 3 1933, IS 63 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST RAIL OF THE MAIN TRACK, 32 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF A PAVED ROAD THAT PARALELLS THE RAILROAD, AND 3 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THIS BUILDING IS THE SECOND ONE NORTHEAST OF THE MAIN STREET, IS APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM THE NORTHEAST CURB OF THAT STREET, AND IS AT THE ENTRANCE TO AN ALLEY THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE MAIN STREET.
1/1/1968 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 AT ROWLAND. MARK IS IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT IS BENEATH THE WAREHOUSE AND PLATFORM OF THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD STATION, WITH NOT OVER 3 FEET VERTICAL CLEARANCE ABOVE IT. IT IS FLUSH, BUT WAS FOUND COVERED BY MATERIALS SIFTING THROUGH THE FLOOR ABOVE, 117 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE BUILDING, 35 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE BRICK PART, 15 FEET IN FROM EITHER EDGE, AND THE ENTIRE AREA IS INCLOSED BY VERTICAL PLANKING FROM THE FLOOR DOWN.
1/1/1985 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1985 (GRH) THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AT THIS DATE. NO OTNER MARKS WERE SEARCHED FOR. THE RAILROAD STATION IS NOW OWNED BY THE CITY AND THE STATION AREA IS NOW A LAWN. THE STATION IS LOCATED IN ROWLAND AT THE SITE OF THE OLD RAILROAD STATION. OWNERSHIP--TOWN OF ROWLAND, C/O MAC MURRY, 301 EAST CHURCH STREET, ROWLAND, NC 28383. PHONE 919-422-3722. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 301 AND 501 IN ROWLAND, GO NORTHWEST FOR 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) ON HIGHWAY 501 TO A PAVED STREET LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTHWEST FOR 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) ON RAILROAD STREET TO THE STATION ON THE LEFT AT THE END OF THE OLD RAILROAD STATION. THE STATION IS A STANDARD CGS DISK STAMPED---STAMPING ILLEGIBLE---, SET INTO THE TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT 30 CM ON SIDE FLUSH WITH GROUND. LOCATED 13.3 METERS (43.6 FT) SOUTH FROM THE WEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, 11 METERS (36.1 FT) WEST-SOUTHWEST FROM THE SOUTH CORNER, 17.9 METERS (58.7 FT) SOUTHEAST FROM THE CENTER OF RAILROAD STREET, 14.2 METERS (46.6 FT) NORTHWEST FROM THE WEST RAIL OF A SINGLE TRACK, 10.6 METERS (34.8 FT) NORTHWEST FROM A CYCLONE FENCE, AND 20.4 METERS (66.9 FT) NORTHEAST FROM THE FENCE. DESCRIBED BY G.R. HEID, TYPED BY R.L. ZURFLUH.
1/1/1986 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1986 (MRM) THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AT THIS DATE, IN GOOD CONDITION. REFERENCE MARKS AND AZIMUTH MARK WERE NOT SEARCHED FOR AT THIS DATE. THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 3.6 KM (2.25 MI) NORTHEAST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE AND IN ROWLAND, NEAR THE RAILROAD STATION. OWNERSHIP--RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 95 AND STATE HIGHWAY 130 (EXIT 2) NEAR ROWLAND, GO NORTHERLY FOR 2.1 KM (1.3 MI) ON HIGHWAY 130 TO A CROSSROAD (U.S. HIGHWAY 301) IN ROWLAND. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD AND GO NORTHWEST FOR 0.2 KM (0.1 MI) ON HIGHWAY 130, CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS, TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH FOR 0.1 KM (0.05 MI) ON SOUTH RAILROAD STREET TO THE STATION ON THE LEFT, INSIDE A FENCED AREA, SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD STATION. THE STATION IS A STANDARD CGS DISK STAMPED---DILLON NORTH BASE 1933---, SET INTO THE TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT 30 CM ON SIDE RECESSED 10 CM BELOW GROUND. LOCATED 20.30 METERS (66.6 FT) NORTHEAST FROM A FENCE, 17.98 METERS (59.0 FT) SOUTHEAST FROM THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF SOUTH RAILROAD STREET, 14.20 METERS (46.6 FT) NORTHWEST FROM THE NORTHWEST RAIL OF RAILROAD, 13.26 METERS (43.5 FT) SOUTH FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE RAILROAD STATION AND 11.03 METERS (36.2 FT) SOUTHWEST FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE RAILROAD STATION. NOTE, THE OLD DATA STATES THAT AN UNDERGROUND DISK WAS SET. TI 4100 GPS SURVEY OF FAA AIRPORT SITES IN NORTH CAROLINA-FEBRUARY, MARCH 1986. THIS STATION SUITABLE FOR GPS SURVEYS. DESCRIBED BY R.T. WOODRUFF.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: DILLON NORTH BASE Benchmark Agency: other (not included below) Benchmark Agency (if other): COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: Robeson USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Rowland Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: EB0855 Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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