CS1128 X 910 -- Grand Prairie TX - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This iron wartime benchmark is set in an old semaphore signal base along what was then the Texas and Pacific Railroad. Later, the T&P became part of the Missouri Pacific (MoPac). Now the MoPac has been absorbed into the Union Pacific (UP).

It is rare to find benchmark disks on old signal bases in Texas. Most of those were removed decades ago by the railroads. That's one reason why we are waymarking this benchmark -- the other is to show off the unique iron benchmark disks that were in use between 1943-1945, when brass was needed for the war effort.

The datasheet reads as follows:

CS1128 DESIGNATION - X 910
CS1128 PID - CS1128
CS1128 STATE/COUNTY- TX/DALLAS
CS1128 USGS QUAD - DUNCANVILLE (1982)
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CS1128_MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
CS1128_SETTING: 35 = TOWER FOUNDATION
CS1128_STAMPING: X 910 1945
CS1128_STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO
CS1128+STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION
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CS1128 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
CS1128 HISTORY - 1945 MONUMENTED CGS
CS1128 HISTORY - 1952 GOOD NGS
CS1128 HISTORY - 1966 GOOD NGS
CS1128 HISTORY - 1981 GOOD LOCSUR
CS1128 HISTORY - 1986 GOOD NGS
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CS1128 STATION DESCRIPTION
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CS1128''DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1952
CS1128''0.9 MI E FROM GRAND PRAIRIE.
CS1128''0.9 MILE EAST ALONG THE TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILROAD FROM THE STATION AT
CS1128''GRAND PRAIRIE, 200 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF THE INTERSECTION OF
CS1128''JEFFERSON AVENUE AND 14TH STREET, 100 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF
CS1128''JEFFERSON AVENUE, 7 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RAIL OF THE SOUTH TRACK,
CS1128''1.8 FEET ABOVE THE TOP OF THE RAILS, SET IN THE TOP OF THE NORTHWEST
CS1128''CORNER OF THE SOUTH CONCRETE FOUNDATION OF A SIGNAL BRIDGE.
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CS1128 STATION RECOVERY (1966)
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CS1128''RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1966
CS1128''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
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CS1128 STATION RECOVERY (1981)
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CS1128''RECOVERY NOTE BY LOCAL SURVEYOR (INDIVIDUAL OR FIRM) 1981
CS1128''OLDER MARK - USC & GS ONLY OTHER LETTERS ON MARK.
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CS1128 STATION RECOVERY (1986)
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CS1128''RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1986
CS1128''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS. IN GRAND
CS1128''PRAIRIE, AT THE JUNCTION OF FOURTEENTH STREET AND THE MISSOURI PACIFIC
CS1128''RAILROAD, IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTH CONCRETE BASE OF A
CS1128''RAILROAD SIGNAL TOWER, 34.5 M (113.2 FT) EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE
CS1128''STREET, 30.5 M (100.1 FT) NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF EAST JEFFERSON
CS1128''STREET, AND 2.2 M (7.2 FT) SOUTH OF THE NEAR RAIL.
CS1128''THE MARK IS 0.5 M ABOVE THE TRACKS.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: X 910 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Benchmark Agency (if other): n/a Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk Monumentation type (if other): n/a County: Dallas USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Duncanville 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: CS1128 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Special category (optional): Not listed

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