Metes and Bounds Description Detail

Detail

Description	Type	Source	Acres	Beginning Point
North Braddock Borough 1897 Creation	shape	decree (recorded)		low-water mark on the northern shore of the Monongahela river, at the terminus of Frazier Street, now Thirteenth Street (being the south-easterly corner of the Borough of Braddock)

Map

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Courses and Distances

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Point	Thence	Course	Distance	To
1	along the line of said Borough of Braddock, the following courses and distances, to wit: up said street	N 35.1666666666667° E	1980 ft.	Pennsylvania Railroad
2		N 48.75° W	957 ft.
3		N 40.75° W	1485 ft.
4		N 7.66666666666667° W	792 ft.
5		N 23.25° W	300 ft.
6		N 33.75° W	230 ft.
7		N 40.25° W	1835 ft.	north westerly corner of said Borough of Braddock
8		S 52.2666666666667° W	111 ft.	north-easterly corner of the Borough of Rankin
9	along the line of the said Borough of Rankin, the following courses and distances, to wit	N 39.4° W	266 ft.
10		N 23.2333333333333° W	118 ft.	south-easterly corner of the proposed Borough of Swissvale
11	along the line of the said proposed Borough of Swissvale	N 56.3833333333333° E	1020 ft.	point in line between lands of Mary H. Tassey and W. G. Hawkins, where said line is intersected by the extension of the line between the Monongahela Cemetery and land of J. K. Mills
12	through lands of Mary H. Tassey	S 50.1166666666667° E	320 ft.	south-westerly corner of the Monongahela Cemetery
13	along the line of said cemetery	S 50.1166666666667° E	1300 ft.	point
14	along the line of said cemetery	N 85° E	1030 ft.	point on the line of land of David S. Elliott
15	along the line of said Elliott's land	S 5° E	989 ft.
16	along the line of said Elliott's land	S 85.75° E	2079 ft.	point at the corner of said Elliott's land, on the north-westerly side of a township road
17	along said road, being the line of said Elliott's land	N 51.2833333333333° E	531 ft.	point
18	along same	N 16.0833333333333° E	21.68 ft.	point
19	along same	N 51.2833333333333° E	266.3 ft.	point on the westerly side of another township road
20	diagonally across said last mentioned road	N 80.8833333333333° E	25.3 ft.	point on line between said D. S. Elliott and Eli R. Dowler
21	along the line between Elliott and Dowler and Elliott and Mary Sarver	N 51.2833333333333° E	668.5 ft.	stump at the corner common to lands of Elliott and Shafer and Mary Sarver
22	along line between lands of Shafer and Mary Sarver and through a part of said Shafer's land	N 88.5° E	1048.45 ft.	point on line between the lands of said Shafer and the heirs of Peter Perchment, said line being the line between the townships of Wilkins and Braddock
23	along the said township line, the following courses and distances, to wit: between lands of Shafer and Peter Perchmont heirs	S 1.65° W	34 ft.
24	between lands of Mary Sarver and Peter Perchment heirs	N 84.7166666666667° E	300 ft.	corner
25	between lands of Mary Sarver and James Cruikshank's heirs on the west and Peter Perchment's heirs on the east	S 1e-13° E	675 ft.	point
26	between lands of James Cruikshank's heirs and Peter Perchment's heirs	S 45° E	220 ft.	point
27	between lands of James Cruikshank's heirs and John Bowers on the west and Albert M. Chalfant on the east	S 36° E	1650 ft.	point
28	between lands of John Bowers on the west and said Chalfant and Samuel Brown on the east	S 42° E	330 ft.	point
29	between lands of said Bowers and said Brown	S 2.9° E	410 ft.	point
30	through the lands of said Brown	S 22° E	730 ft.	point, being the intersection of said township line with the northerly line of the Borough of East Pittsburgh, being in the center of Falls Hollow Run, in Electric Avenue
31	along the line of the said Borough of East Pittsburg the following courses and distances, to wit	S 45.95° W	296.5 ft.	stone monument
32		S 2.7° E	463.08 ft.	point
33		S 52.65° W	921.83 ft.	point
34		S 68.9166666666667° W	1186 ft.	point
35		S 22.0166666666667° W	1238.2 ft.	point
36	by the same course	S 22.0166666666667° W	390.15 ft.	point at, or near, the center line of the old channel of Turtle Creek, at the corner common to the Borough of East Pittsburg and the Township of Braddock on the line of the Township of North Versailles
37	along the line of said Township of North Versailles the following courses and distances	N 79.8333333333333° W	1440 ft.
38		S 75.5° W	195 ft.
39		S 42° W	275 ft.	point
40		S 16.6666666666667° W	260 ft.	point
41		S 37.75° E	145 ft.	point
42		S 76.0833333333333° E	310 ft.	point
43		S 13.25° E	135 ft.	point
44		S 21° W	175 ft.	point
45		S 6.33333333333333° W	440 ft.	point
46		S 14.5° W	100 ft.	point
47		S 42° W	135 ft.	point on said township line, in the mouth of Turtle Creek, at low water line of the Monongahela River
48	by low water line, down said river		3330 ft.	south-easterly corner of the Borough of Braddock, at the place of beginning

Change Measurement Units

Event Links

Detail	Type	Description	Successful?	Date
View	New Borough	North Braddock Borough 1897 Creation	yes	Apr 26, 1897