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<span style="color:#FF0000">'''Sand Point, Santa Rosa Island'''</span> is a survey station established by William E. Greenwell in 1860. | <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Sand Point, Santa Rosa Island'''</span> is a survey station established by William E. Greenwell in 1860. | ||
: “Looking from the anchorage southeast is a low white hill smooth and grassy on the top, from which a clear view is had of the shore up to the northeast point of the island. Upon this hill the signal stands. It cannot be mistaken and id easily found. East of the signal and under the Point is a Safe Anchorage during the summer, but disagreeable as a heavy cross swell is constantly running. Anchor in 5 fathoms close in.” | : “Looking from the anchorage southeast is a low white hill smooth and grassy on the top, from which a clear view is had of the shore up to the northeast point of the island. Upon this hill the signal stands. It cannot be mistaken and id easily found. East of the signal and under the Point is a Safe Anchorage during the summer, but disagreeable as a heavy cross swell is constantly running. Anchor in 5 fathoms close in.” | ||
The station was recovered by Stehman Forney in 1872, and again in 1934 by Charles K. Green. It was marked with a standard disk stamped SAND POINT 1860-1934. This triangulation station appears on the Santa Rosa Island East topographic map. | |||
[UTM 10: North 3,763,822 East 778,276; UTM 11: North 3,763,757 East 223,951]. | |||
Latest revision as of 02:34, 1 February 2016
Sand Point, Santa Rosa Island is a survey station established by William E. Greenwell in 1860.
- “Looking from the anchorage southeast is a low white hill smooth and grassy on the top, from which a clear view is had of the shore up to the northeast point of the island. Upon this hill the signal stands. It cannot be mistaken and id easily found. East of the signal and under the Point is a Safe Anchorage during the summer, but disagreeable as a heavy cross swell is constantly running. Anchor in 5 fathoms close in.”
The station was recovered by Stehman Forney in 1872, and again in 1934 by Charles K. Green. It was marked with a standard disk stamped SAND POINT 1860-1934. This triangulation station appears on the Santa Rosa Island East topographic map.
[UTM 10: North 3,763,822 East 778,276; UTM 11: North 3,763,757 East 223,951].
