Description Questions

[NothingBetterToDo]

A question for the experienced hunters...

 

I have a couple questions about some descriptions I've found.

 

The first one seems somewhat common, so I'm hoping someone has logged and photographed a mark with a similar description, because this description reads like a law book and I'm having a difficult time trying to envision what this mark should look like... is it underground, above ground on a post but set in concrete that is at ground level....? And any special purpose to the 4 inches of sign post bolted to the bottom:

 

"SET ON TOP OF 8 FEET OF A COPPER-CLAD STEEL (MAGNETIC) ROD WITH 4 INCHES OF SIGN POST BOLTED TO THE BOTTOM AND SET IN 8 INCHES OF CONCRETE IN A 6 INCH DIAMETER HOLE THAT IS FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND."

 

Second one:

 

"AT ENGINEERS STATION 1799+55"

 

Are these engineer's stations something that can be identified by the public, like some sort of physical object, or is this bit if info not going to help me?

 

Thanks!

[survey tech]

Stations are a form of linear measurement, representing a distance along a route from a given terminus, not typically marked in the field. The reference is probably to a set of plans for the highway or railroad in question.

 

I would expect that wording to describe a bare rod marker, at or just below the surface, probably under a lid, with concrete poured around it, and just a few inches of rod exposed above the concrete. The reference to the witness post does not seem to make sense.