Metes and Bounds Description Detail

Detail

Description Type Source Acres Beginning Point
Chartiers Township-Pittsburgh City 1921 Merger: Tract 1 (before exception) shape bounding ordinance (municipal minutes) point near the northeasterly end of Corliss Street Tunnel

Map

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Courses and Distances

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Point Thence Course Distance To
1 along the Pittsburgh City line in a southeasterly direction S E point on the boundary line between Chartiers Township and the City of Pittsburgh at or near the stone wall dividing West Carson street and the yards of the P. C. C. & St L. Railway, said point being about 1,500 feet northwestwardly from the West Side Belt Railroad Bridge crossing West Carson street overhead
2 along the boundary line dividing the City of Pittsburgh and Chartiers Township in a southerly direction S point at the Noblestown road on the northern boundary line of Westwood Borough
3 in a southerly direction along the Noblestown road dividing Westwood Borough and Greentree Borough S point on the northern boundary line of Scott township
4 along the boundary line of Scott Township and Chartiers Township in a westerly direction W point in Chartiers creek which is also the eastern boundary line of Rosslyn Farms Borough
5 down Chartiers creek point on the southern boundary line of Crafton Borough, at Chartiers avenue
6 in a northeasterly direction along the boundary line of Crafton Borough and Chartiers Township N E point on the boundary line dividing Crafton and Ingram Boroughs and Chartiers Township, at Steuben avenue and Ridemour avenue
7 in a northeasterly direction along the boundary line of Ingram Borough and Chartiers Township N E point in the Middletown road
8 in a northwesterly direction along the Middletown road which road is also the boundary line of Ingram Borough N W point in the Middletown road at Weaver way
9 in a westerly direction along the boundary line of Ingram Borough W point in Ridge avenue
10 in a southeasterly direction along the line of Ingram Borough S E point in the Steubenville pike on the boundary line between Chartiers Township, Ingram and Crafton Boroughs
11 along the Steubenville pike and the line of Crafton Borough in southwesterly direction S W point in Chartiers creek where the Steubenville pike crosses said creek
12 down Chartiers creek point on the boundary line between the City of Pittsburgh, McKees Rocks Borough and Chartiers Township
13 in a southeasterly direction along the line of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Middletown road S E point in Berry street
14 continuing along the boundary line of the City of Pittsburg in a northeasterly direction N E place of beginning, near the northeasterly end of the Corliss Street Tunnel

Change Measurement Units

Courses:  Degrees; Degrees & minutes; or Degrees, minutes, & seconds.
Distances:  Feet; Feet & inches; Rods; Rods & feet; Rods, feet, & inches; or Chains.

Event Links

Detail Type Description Successful? Date
View Dissolution Chartiers Township-Pittsburgh City 1921 Merger yes Jan 3, 1921