EB2834 GIBSON 1933
Posted by: NCDaywalker
N 34° 45.452 W 079° 37.071
17S E 626498 N 3847024
This marker is one of many at the NC/SC border crossing in Gibson, NC. It takes a bit brush bending to get access as it is in the middle of a clump of bushes.
Waymark Code: WMY04P
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2018
Views: 2
Latest recovery notes:
01/13/1993 by SCGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY SOUTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1993 STATION IS LOCATED AT THE NORTH CAROLINA/SOUTH CAROLINA STATE LINE AND AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF GIBSON, NORTH CAROLINA. OWNERSHIP--UNKNOWN. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 381 (CHURCH STREET) AND 79 (MAIN STREET) IN GIBSON, GO WEST ON HIGHWAY 79 FOR 0.3 MILE (0.5 KM) TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT AT THE STATE LINE. STATION IS A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.3 FOOT (9.1 CM) AND 0.5 FOOT (15.2 CM) ABOVE THE HIGHWAY, 1.4 FEET (0.4 M) WEST NORTHWEST OF A WOODEN POST PROJECTING 2.0 FEET, 190.5 FEET (58.1 M) WEST OF REFERENCE MARK GIBSON RM 1, 58.4 FEET (17.8 M) NORTH NORTHWEST OF REFERENCE MARK GIBSON RM 4, 37.8 FEET (11.5 M) NORTH NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY, 57.8 FEET (17.6 M) NORTHEAST OF A POWER POLE WITH A SCGS REFERENCE WASHER ATTACHED, 142.4 FEET (43.4 M) NORTH OF THE NORTH CORNER OF A BRICK AND CONCRETE BUILDING, 5.9 FEET (1.8 M) NORTHWEST OF A WITNESS POST. NOTE-STATION IS INTERVISIBLE WITH REFERENCE MARK GIBSON RM 2. RECOVERED BY D.D. WOODS.
02/28/1993 by SCGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY SOUTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1993 (DDW) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: GIBSON 1933
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk
County: Scotland
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Florence
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
NGS PID: EB2834
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed
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