GA0804 - R105 - Sullivan County, TN - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Originally found this benchmark on 9/1/03. At that time, I met the property owner, Mr. Ladies, who described living at this residence all his life, thus saw the TVA surveyor put the actual benchmark into the rock outcropping back in 1935. The benchmark is now behind his barn (former store). There is an old TVA witness sign 2 yds NE of the actual disk. The garage from 1935 is gone.

Official Description:
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 4 MI SW FROM FORDTOWN. 4.0 MILES SOUTHWEST ALONG THE GREENEVILLE ROAD FROM THE CLINCHFIELD, CAROLINA AND OHIO RAILWAY STATION AT FORDTOWN, SULLIVAN COUNTY, 24 YARDS NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE DOUBLE SPRING ROAD, 14 YARDS SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE DOUBLE SPRING ROAD, 10 YARDS NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF THE LADIES GARAGE, 6 YARDS NORTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE LADIES STORE, AND IN THE TOP OF A ROCK OUTCROP. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED R 105 1935.

This section of the former Greeneville Road is now known as Fordtown Road. The C&O rail station at Fordtown is gone. Double Spring should be plural as Double Springs Road.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: R105 1935 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Sullivan County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Sullivan Gardens 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: GA0804 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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