Alexander Bache U.S. Coast Survey Line

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Alexander Bache U.S. Coast Survey Line
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Alexander Bache Survey Line Marker, January 2013
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Location8377 State Cabin Rd., Edisto Island, South Carolina
Coordinates 32°30′20″N80°18′37″W / 32.50556°N 80.31028°W / 32.50556; -80.31028
Arealess than one acre
Built1850 (1850)
NRHP reference No. 07001082 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 5, 2007

Alexander Bache U.S. Coast Survey Line is a historic geodetic survey line located at Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. This base line was surveyed by Alexander Dallas Bache and his assistants during January 1850 as part of their work with the United States Coast Survey. They buried granite blocks at each endpoint and then placed a granite monument on top of each block. [2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Lindsay Crawford and Al Hester (February 2007). "Alexander Bache U.S. Coast Survey Line" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. "Alexander Bache U.S. Coast Survey Line, Charleston County (8377 State Cabin Rd., Edisto Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.