BEALE'S CUT STAGECOACH PASS
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GeoCraig
N 34° 20.528 W 118° 30.571
11S E 361154 N 3801124
BEALE'S CUT STAGECOACH PASS
Waymark Code: WM6E6
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2006
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Beale's Cut is the only
physical and cultural feature of its kind in the entire Los Angeles Basin. At
the time of its construction in 1862, the actual creation and maintenance of the
Cut was considered a significant technological and physical feat consisting of
breaching the former impassable geographic barrier of the San Gabriel and Santa
Susana Mountain ranges. General Edward F. Beale is attributed with the
construction of a toll road across the mountains. Beale's Cut was also used as a
favorite film-making location by pioneer film maker, David Wark Griffith, and
others.
For geocachers, there is a
geocache in the actual cut--(GC4B40) Beale's Cut by The Zoo.
The plaques seem to have
taken a walk, but the plaque holders are still on the site.
