The original GLO stone was a 28"x8"x6" sandstone placed on October 12, 1857. On April 27, 1885, the county surveyor found the stone broken and placed a 15"x9"x3" limestone on the west side of the sandstone. Then on November 19, 1923, the Nebraska State Surveyor, Edward C. Simmons, placed an iron rod between the two stones and placed his marked brick as a memorial. The iron rod is a 3/4" rebar (34" long) that has a 1/4" wide key on the entire length on two sides. Also found two broken glass insulators and what appears to be part of a fire clay electric tube marked "Thomas". Noticed that both pieces of the sandstone have a 1/4 marked on them. The one on the right is faint. I believe the county surveyor marked the other piece in 1885. The last image is a small piece of the rebar showing the shape. This is at the entrance to an old park known as Epworth Lake Park that was once south of Lincoln. The fronts of the brick columns are exactly on line with the monument.
I like the glass insulators - nice touch!
They are also known as "linemen's shot glasses" ...
J. Penry, post: 429611, member: 321 wrote: The iron rod is a 3/4" rebar (34" long) that has a 1/4" wide key on the entire length on two sides.
I kept thinking the old corroded ones I was finding in the ground were oval shaped rebar and tried asking around if there were oval shaped rebars.
