SWITCHBACK CHIM MT JEFFERSON (KV3870)
State: PA
County: Carbon
Quad: Nesquehoning
Location: N 40° 49.533' W075° 51.440'
Elevation: Unknown
Designation: SWITCHBACK CHIM MT JEFFERSON 1885
Setting: Chimney
Type: Landmark/Intersection Station
Year: 1885
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 07 May 2005
While enjoying a day of mountain biking on the Switchback Trail, Rich and I took a short detour from Summit Hill to search the area near the coordinates for any sign of the old chimney. We found a depression in the ground at the coordinates, and some bricks strewn around in the woods (but no evidence that the bricks came from the old chimney). Our NGS contact confirms that we positively identified the former location of the station.
Photographs and a report on the condition of this station were submitted to NGS, which subsequently marked this station officially Destroyed.
Zhanna
NGS Official Description, 1885 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1885 (MM) THIS IS THE S CHIMNEY OF THE SWITCHBACK ENGINE HOUSE ON TOP OF MOUNT JEFFERSON, ABOUT 1 MILE E OF SUMMITHILL. OBSERVED UPON THIS YEAR FROM KNOB AND BAKE OVEN.
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...Standing right at the coordinates. |
...Engine house, smokestack and chimneys. The pond nearby served as a reservoir for the steam engine boilers. |
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...The engine house framed by the chimneys, pre-1900. |
...All that remains now is this hole. |
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