User:  guest [login]

Flush Bracket 1011: Slough, Post Office   

Flush Bracket on Post Office, Slough.

Location
Grid reference: SU 9802 7974.
Landranger 175: Reading & Windsor, Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell.
Landranger 176: West London, Rickmansworth & Staines.
Structure: Post office.
Waypoint: FB1011.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
1010 Slough, High Street 250.80m to the southeast.
1012 Slough, Chalvey Park Road 571.40m to the west.
1009 Uxbridge Road Railway Bridge 847.70m to the east.
1013 Slough, Prince of Wales 974.17m to the southwest.
1008 Uxbridge Road Canal Bridge 1.20km to the northeast.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Windsor Castle, 2.86km to the south.

Second Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1912-21)
This flush bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 101.3340 feet [30.8866 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Hemel Hempstead to Windsor Castle levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on Post Office, Slough.

Logged Visits
Logged on 3rd September 2005 by superswifteagle. Grid reference: SU 9802 7974. Condition: Probably destroyed.
Post Office now replaced by Observatory shopping centre. No sign of FB. Almost certainly gone.

Logged on 3rd January 2005 by Calico. Condition: Probably destroyed.
I agree.
If you have any corrections or additions to this record, please let us know.
admin@bench-marks.org.uk