JU4289(EBRIGHT AZ MK) - New Castle County DE
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shorbird
N 39° 50.145 W 075° 31.148
18S E 455580 N 4409656
This is the azimuth mark for USC&GS triangulation station EBRIGHT.
Waymark Code: WMQ5Z9
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2015
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1933 (GLA) THIS STATION IS LOCATED NEAR A BOUNDARY MONUMENT BETWEEN THE STATES OF DELAWARE AND PENNSYLVANIA, ALONG THE CIRCULAR BOUNDARY, ON PROPERTY OWNED BY JAMES AND GRANT EBRIGHT AND ABOUT 6-3/4 MILES NNE OF THE CENTER OF WILMINGTON. SURFACE, UNDERGROUND, REFERENCE, AND AZIMUTH MARKS ARE STANDARD BRONZE DISKS SET IN CONCRETE AS DESCRIBED IN NOTES 1B, 7A, AND 11B. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS E OF STATION. 55 FEET NW OF NW CORNER OF HOUSE. 38.9 FEET N OF W OF BOUNDARY MONUMENT. 71.5 FEET N OF SW CORNER OF HOUSE. THE MARK PROJECTS 5 INCHES. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS NW OF STATION AND 6-1/2 FEET W OF VERY TALL LOCUST TREE (BLAZE). MARK PROJECTS 10 INCHES. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS E OF STATION ON W SIDE OF MACADAM ROAD 21 FEET W OF CENTER OF ROAD. 8 FEET S OF POLE (ELECTRIC). 350 FEET S OF LANE TO EBRIGHTS HOUSE. THE MARK PROJECTS 3 INCHES. THE GRANITE BOUNDARY MONUMENT IS E OF STATION. 36.2 FEET N OF SW CORNER OF HOUSE. 25.5 FEET W OF NW CORNER OF HOUSE. THE MONUMENT IS ABOUT 10 INCHES SQUARE ON TOP AND 2-1/2 FEET HIGH. CARVED ON THE FOUR SIDES ARE. N SIDE--P,S SIDE--D,E SIDE--1892, W SIDE--17. TO REACH FROM WILMINGTON GO NE ON HIGHWAY 13, 7.5 MILES FROM CENTER OF TOWN OR 0.4 MILE FROM WORTH STEEL COMPANY RAILROAD UNDERPASS, HERE TAKE LEFT ON PAVED ROAD (A CAUTION LIGHT AT ENTRANCE) AND CONTINUE IN A WESTERNLY DIRECTION 4.55 MILES TO A T-INTERSECTION, TAKE RIGHT (N) ON MACADAM ROAD AND GO 0.75 MILE TO LANE JUST N OF STONE FENCE, TAKE THIS LANE (W) 0.1 MILE TO GATE, THEN CONTINUE W ON THE N SIDE OF EBRIGHTS HOUSE 0.05 MILE TO GATE. THE STATION IS BACK OF THE HOUSE IN WOODED LOT. 167 FEET W OF NW CORNER OF HOUSE. 146 FEET N OF W OF SW CORNER OF HOUSE. 19-1/2 FEET E OF 30-INCH MAPLE TREE. THE MARK PROJECTS 2 INCHES.
Azimuth Condition: Good
Your Directions:
FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 202 AND STATE HIGHWAY 92 5.5 MILES NORTH OF WILMINGTON, GO EAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 92 (NAAMANS ROAD) FOR 1.0 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH ON EBRIGHT ROAD FOR 0.6 MILE TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE LEFT.
Station Link: [Web Link]
Parking Coords: Not Listed
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