Bench Marks from S. S. Gannett and D. H. Baldwins Spirit Leveling in West Virginia pages 9-13 BENCH MARKS FROM ALLEGHENY TUNNEL, WEST ALONG C&O RAILWAY, TO HINTON; NORTHWEST TO GAULEY , W.VA..; THENCE NORTHWEST, ALONG KANAWHA AND MICHIGAN RAILWAY, TO CHARLESTON AND LOCK 6. Lewisburg 30 Quadrangle feet Tuckahoe; in front of station; top rail 2,036.5 Tuckahoe, 2.03 miles west of, 15 feet west of milepost CIN 355 south oftrack, in face of wall in rock cut; aluminum tablet stamped
1981 1980.335
White Sulphur, in front of station; top of rail 1923.3
White Sulphur, 546 feet north of station, in northwest corner of brick church, aluminum tablet aluminum tablet stamped 1915 1914.1M
Dickson, in front of station; top of rail 1,835.4// Dickson, 0.33 miles west of, in top of abutment at west end of bridge over
highway, aluminum tablet stamped 1790 1,789.207 Harts Run, in front of signboard, top of rail 1,818 Caldwell, in front of signboard; top of rail 1,764 Caldwell, 0.56 mile west of, in top of north side of west abutment of
steel bridge; aluminum tablet stamped 1745 1,744.562
Whitcomb, 500 feet east of, in top of north side of west abutment of bridge
over river, aluminum tablet stamped 1700 1,699.570
Whitcomb, in front of station; top of rail 1,700.7 Ronceverte, in front face of First National Bank Building; aluminum
tablet stamped 1666 1,665.036
Ronceverte, in front of station; top of rail 1,663.8 Ronceverte, 3.22 miles west of, 240 feet east of milepost CIN 339 in foundation
of semaphore pole; aluminum tablet stamped 1659 1.658.111
Hinton 30 Quadrangle
Rockland, in front os station; top of rail 1,654.7 Fort Spring, in front of station; top of rail 1,624.4 Fort Spring, directly opposite station, at margin of highway, in railroad
retaining wall; aluminum tablet stamped 1622 1,621.565
Frazer, in front of signboard; top of rail 1,610.5 Fort Spring, 2.92 miles west of, 230 feet east of milepost CIN 333 in face
of rock wall; aluminum tablet stamped 1593 1, 7592.730
Half Way, in front of station; top of rail 1,586.5
Alderson, northwest corner of front face of Merchant Grocery Company Building;aluminum tablet stamped 1556 1,554.074
.....Alderson, in front of station; top of rail 1,550.9 Mohler, in front os station; top of rail 1,543.7 Alderson, 2.52 miles west of, west of track, 0.28 mile south of milepost CIN
.....This one of the old benchmarks at Alderson
327, in top of railroad culvert; aluminum tablet stamped
1534 1,533.252
Riffe, in front of station; top of rail 1,523.2 Alderson, 6.13 miles west of, at milepost CIN 323 in face of rock; aluminum
tablet stamped 1525 1,524.209
Pence Springs, in front of station; top of rail 1,530.2 Pence Springs,
.042 west of, in foundation of semaphore pole; aluminum tablet
stamped 1,530.1 1,530.564 Lowell, in front of station; top of rail 1,516.8 Talcott, northwest corner of foundation under C&O Railway station; aluminum
tablet stamped 1514 1,513,329
Hilldale, 175 feet west of, in stone step on north side of track; aluminum tablet
stamped 1509 1,508.265 Hilldale, 2.53 miles west of, 55 feet west of mile post CIN 313, in face
of rock wall; aluminum tablet stamped 1455 1,454.374
Wiggins, in front of station; top of rail 1,441.5 Wiggins, 2.72 miles west of, in foundation of semaphore pole; aluminum
tablet stamped 1395 1,394.665
Hinton, in northwest corner of C&O Railway station; aluminum tablet
stamped 1388 1,385.212
Hinton, in front of station; top of rail 1,383.2 Hinton. 3.05 miles west of, 260 feet west of milepost CIN 305, north of track,
in bridge seat at east end; aluminum tablet stamped
1350 1,340.715
Brooks, in front of signboard, top of rail 1,341.8 Hinton, 6.04 miles west of, 250 feet west of milepost CIN 302, south of track,
in railroad culvert; aluminum tablet stamped 1329 1,328.047
Sandstone, 0.31 mile east of, west side of railroad bridge, in north abutment;
aluminum tablet stamped 1,292 1.291.732
Sandstone, in front of station; top of rail 1.293 Meadow Creek, in front of station; top of rail 1,272.9 Meadow Creek, .02 mile west of, in top of west abutment at north side of
railroad bridge,; aluminum tablet stamped 1269 1,270.126
Meadow Creek, 2.75 miles west of, north of track, in top of east end of railroad
culvert; aluminum tablet stamped 1252 1,250.998
Raleigh 30 Quadrangle Glade, in front of station; top of rail 1,242.2 Glade, 0.75 mile west of, 250 feet west of milepost CIN290, in top of
railroad culvert; aluminum tablet stamped 1233 1,232.434
Quinnimont, 40 feet south of station, in top of north abutment at west side
of railroad bridge; aluminum tablet stamped 1200 1,199.058
Quinnimon, in front of station; top of rail 1,201.5 Prince, in front of station; top of rail 1,191.4 McKendree, 0.21 mile east of, 85 feet east of milepost CIN 282, north of
track, in face of bowlder (sic); aluminum tablet stamped 1137
1,136.459
McKendree, in front of station; top of rail 1,130.5 Thayer, in front of signboard; top of rail 1,111.3 Thayer, 60 feet east of signboard, south of track, in top of west abutment
of railroad bridge; aluminum tablet stamped 1111 1,110.018
Alaska, in front of signboard; top of rail 1,095 Claremont, in front of station; top of rail 1,089.8 Stone Cliff, 0.17 mile east of, in foundation of semaphore pole; aluminum
tablet stamped 1083 1,082.060
Stone Cliff, in front of station; top of rail 1,079.3 Thurmond, in front of station; top of rail 1,070.9 Thurmond, in north abutment on west side of railroad bridge over New River;
aluminum tablet stamped 1068 1,067.457 Rush Run, in front of station; top of rail 1,045.7 Beury, in front of signboard; top of rail 1,037.8 Beury, 160 feet east of signboard, in top of west abutment at north side
of railroad culvert; aluminum tablet stamped 1036 1,035.596
Fire Creek, in front of station; top of rail 1,034.2 Sewell,
0.58 north of, 170 feet east of milepost CIN 268, in foundation
of semaphore pole; aluminum tablet stamped 1011 1,010.113
Sewell, in front of station; top of rail 1,008.2 Fayetteville 15 (Kanawha Falls 30) Quadrangle Caperton, in front of station top of rail 991 Keeney Creek, in front of signboard; top of rail 968.8 Nuttal (Nuttalburg Post Office), o.56 mile east of, north of track,
in top of east abutment to railroad culvert; aluminum tablet
stamped 959 958.091
Nuttal, in front of station, top of rail 949.5 Nuttal, 1.47 miles west of, 220 feet west of milepost CIN 262, west of
track, in face of large rock; aluminum tablet stamped :924 923.546
Fayette, in front of station; top of rail 899 Newlyn, in front of signboard; top of rail 880.9 Elmo, in front of signboard; top of rail 870.6 Fayette, 1.81 miles west of, 200 feet west of milepost CIN 259, north of
track, in face of large rock; aluminum tablet stamped 868 876.085 Sunnyside, in front of signboard; top of rail 849.7 Hawks Nest, in front of station; top of rail 834.5 Hawks Nest, 0.22 mile west of, south of track, in top of abutment at east
end of railroad bridge over New River; aluminum tablet stamped 834 832.873
Cotton Hill, in front of station; top of rail 794.7 Cotton Hill, 1.14 miles west of, 130 feet south of milepost CIN 253,
7 feet east of track, in top of large rock; aluminum tablet
stamped 771 770.240
Gauley, in front of station; top of rail 720 Gauley, 400 feet north of C&O Station, in top of South abutment at west
side of bridge over New River; aluminum tablet stamped 712 711.842
Gauley Bridge Station, on the Kanawha and Michigan Railway, at top step
of wing wall in south face of abutment at west end of bridge
over highway; aluminum tablet stamped 677 KNWA (old bench
mark---elevation given in annual report, 677.086) 676.543
Glen Ferris, in front of the station; top of rail 673.3 Kanawha Falls, 180 feet south of the flag station of the K&M Railway,
200 feet south of the railroad crossing, west of track,
nearly opposite house of T. W. Farley, in the face of a rock at
the base of cliff; bronze tablet stamped 667 KNWA (old 667.121) 666.540
Falls View, in front of station; top of rail 652.9 Montgomery 15 (Kanawha Falls 30) Quadrangle Boomer, in front of station; top of rail 644.9 Harewood, in front of station; top of rail 343 Longacre, in front of station; top of rail 645.1 Smithers, in front of station; top of rail 640.4 Cannelton, in front of station; top of rail 638.8 Cannelton, 1.03 miles west of, in east face of masonry near north end of
Kanawha Lock 2; bronze tablet stamped 614 KNWA (old 614.205) 613.485
Lock 2, top of coping over tablet 614.530 613.808 London, in front of station; top of rail 636 London, 395 feet north of, east of track, in top of railroad culvert;
aluminum tablet stamped 636 635.334
Hughston, in front of station; top of rail 629.1 Riverside, in top of coping stone at northwest corner of head of Lock 2;
aluminum tablet stamped 606 605.466 Riverside, in front of signboard; top of rail 626.5 Cedar Grove, in front of station; top of rail 619.5 Cedar Grov
at south side of railroad culvert; aluminum tablet stamped
618 617.316
Shrewsbury, in front of station; top of rail 617.2 Peytona (Charleston 30) Quadrangle Dickinson, in inside face of wall around turntable; aluminum tablet
stamped 620
619.024 Dickinson, in front of the station; top of rail 622.2 Belle, in front of signboard; top of rail 613.4 Belle, 110 feet west of signboard, north of track, in top of railroad culvert; aluminum tablet stamped 611 609.962 Pratt, in front of signboard; top of rail 611.8 Charleston Special (Charleston 30) Quadrangle Heskett, in front of signboard; top of rail 616.4 Husked, 80 feet north of, west of track, in to of north abutment to railroad
culvert; aluminum tablet stamped 614 612.976 Malden, in front of station; top of rail 612.3 Dana, in front of station, top of rail on K&M railroad track 608.5
Dana, 1.03 miles west of, south of track, 230 feet east of milepost
G B 433, in top of large rock; aluminum tablet stamped
598 597.458
Charleston, in north face of K&M Railway station, under window of ticket
office; aluminum tablet stamped 601 600.935
Charleston, in northwest corner of State Capital; bronze tablet stamped
602 C 600.703
Charleston, in front of station; top of rail 597.7 Charleston, in front of Park Street station; top of rail 604.9 West Charleston, in front of station; top of rail 601.3 Charleston, 4.86 miles west of, at hollow quain stone of lower gate,
in top of coping stone of north wall of Lock 6; chiseled square
(army engineers bench mark--elevation, 565.5) 569.355