Brockway 2, San Miguel Island
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Brockway 2, San Miguel Island is a survey station established by Stehman Forney in 1871. West of Simonton Cove,
- “stands on a prominent sand hill covered with shells, on the west face of the island... The signal is a redwood pole 12 feet long, 2 x 3 inches supported by 4 redwood braces, 2 x 3 inches, with stones and Indian mortars piled around the foot of each one...”
The station was marked with a redwood stub. In 1934, surveyor Robert W. Knox failed to relocate this station, stating:
- “a thorough search was made of this station, but it was not found. The members of the searching party did considerable digging on the top of the sand hill at the described location. The sand hill appears subject to considerable erosion and the station may be covered to a considerable depth or may have been eroded away.”
Brockway 2 was declared lost, and the new station, Bowl, was established.
[UTM 10: North 3,770,397 East 738,424].
