GATE
Recovered in Good Condition on April 27, 2014
Spatial/elevation data
| Coordinates | N 40.695667° W 75.209616° |
| Elevation | 195.47 ft. |
| Location | Pennsylvania
Northampton County Easton Quad |
Mark description
| Type | Bench Mark Disk |
| Setting | Stone Pillar |
| Monumented | 1932 by NGS |
| Description (NGS) | NGS Datasheet |
A report on the condition of this survey mark has been submitted to NGS.
Narrative and photographs
We parked on the street and Dad and I took a quick walk through a very busy part of town to search for the bench mark disk set vertically into the gate at the base of a long stone stairway leading uphill toward Lafayette College. The disk is in excellent condition. A plaque in the opposite face of the gate explains that the stones came from Traill Green Observatory, a gift of Dr. Traill Green. The observatory was razed in 1928.
