ANDALUSIA 2 (KV5734) - Bucks County, PA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This disk is located E of the Andalusia Mansion & W of the Delaware River Access Area. Details from the current NGS datasheet are as follows:


1/1/1935 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (EBR)
STATION IS AT ANDALUSIA, SW CORNER DREXEL ESTATE, 41.45 METERS W OF A 90 DEG BEND IN THE CONCRETE RIVER WALL (A CONCRETE-LINED SLUICEWAY MEETS WALL AT THIS BEND), 5.97 METERS W OF A 3-FOOT TREE, 0.85 METER N OF INSIDE FACE OF RIVER WALL, 0.83 METER E OF INSIDE FACE OF STONE WALL ON W PROPERTY LINE.

SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MARKS ARE STANDARD BRONZE DISKS SET IN CONCRETE AS DESCRIBED IN NOTES 1A AND 7A.

REFERENCE MARKS NO. 1 AND 2 ARE STANDARD TABLETS ON THE TOP OF THE RIVER WALL AND SLUICEWAY WALL RESPECTIVELY.

MAIN SCHEME STATION.

HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK - 1.5 METERS.

1/1/1947 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1947 (RJS)
STATION RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE 1935 DESCRIPTION IS ADEQUATE EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING CHANGES-

1. CHANGE SW CORNER OF DREXEL ESTATE TO IMMEDIATELY E OF THE CHARLES BIDDLE MANSION (GREEK ARCHITECTURE) AND SW OF PEN RYN SCHOOL.

2. DELETE ON W PROPERTY LINE.



1/13/2007 BY GEOCACHING (EK)
STATION CAN BE REACHED FROM THE PARKING AREA AT THE DELAWARE RIVER ACCESS AREA BY PROCEEDING ABOUT 0.3 MILE SOUTHWEST ALONG A PATH FOLLOWING THE RIVER WALL.

REFERENCE MARKS WERE NOT RECOVERED - AREAS OF THE RIVER WALL AND SLUICEWAY WERE COVERED BY DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND BY HIGH WATER.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: ANDALUSIA 2 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: Bucks County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Beverly Special category (optional): Not listed 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: KV5734 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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