Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-11-29
Surface Of River at the Blanchard bridge s
Stevens bridge Bridge

Stevens bridge Bridge
water S63Tl
Surface Of the saw mill pond near Stevens 80.
Surface of the river at the Vose bridge 9Os.S2
Surface ofthe river at the Stafford bridge, ei2sl
Surface of the river at the Bisbee bridge, 96I.S
Bench at l.. d. Spauldings lOll. 80
Surface of the pond, chair factory, l0SO,M
junction of the Plymouth road, lOisI9
Surface river at the bowl factory bridge, ln16,S2
Josiah Woods tavern stand, sherhurne, liel'55
Surface of river near the tavern stand, 1887
h. Maxham's store, Sherburne, 12l1lb
Hotel Sherburne, l2llM
Surface ofIhe POND in Queehee river, near
ID. w. Taylor's, sherburne 1876
Union Store Sherburne, l236.6l
Church at Sherburne, l252,sS
Junction mountain road, Sherburne, 1504.T
Bench Rock near II. Maxham's q" lsl2.l2
A. Reefs, 1864
Mani VS. barn, . 97.6i
Rock summit of the first ridge q" SSS5.4S
Summit of the :, eond ridge, 1891
Summit of kllington, i2D.s7
As has been before stated, in the sum
mer of 1857, Prof, A Guyot made very
critical measurement of the height of
this mountain by series of barometric
observations under very favorable cir.
cumstances, the weather being 8ne and
and the atmospheric pressure very steady
The point selected for the base, was
the top Of the r. r. track at Rutland
depot,
By thorough investigation Of all the
surveys that had been made between
that point and Lake Champlain, he found
the height of the top of the track at
Rutland r. R. depot to be $50 feet above
the ocean and by this barometric
measurement he found the summit OF
Killington TO be 1891 SO feet above that
point, making the height of the noun
tain above the ocean, 422l,34 Our
measurement by series of levels car
ried from the bench at White River
Juaction gave the height 422O.87 feet,
differing only 0,52 feet or little less
than six and one fourth inches
from that by Prof Guyot a nearer
coincidence, 1t is believed than was ever
before attained IN any similar measure
ments, where it was necessary to over
| come equal obstacles and to surmount
! equal difficulties and it shows, too, to
what degree OF perfection all such
barometric Investigations may be
! brought when the instrument Is in the
hands OF skillful and scientific ge-
ographer.
Having found the height of Killington,
which is the central peak,Ot this cluster OF
| mountains the distances and also the
heights of some Of the surrounding
mountains were determined by some
what complicated series Of triangula-
tions. Viewed from the summit of the
Peak, the dome-shaped mountain in the
north, "Pico," is 8l5 rods distant, and its
height is found to be 1885 feet above the
ocean, differing only eleven feet from
that found by Capt. Partridge more than
forty fears ago, before the barometer
and its uses had been brought to their
present state OF perfection. kllllngton
Dome would be far more appropriate
name for this mountain, both on account
of its form, and also to distinguish 1t
from the Peak which appears 10 have
received its name long before the begin
ming of the present century.
Bear mountain, that stands out 50
conspcuously when seen from some por-
tions of the valley of Quechee River, is
only spur OF the central mountain, that
terminates very abruptly about three
fourths of mile easterLy of the highest
point. It's height has not been meas
ured for it has no definite summit.
Little Killington is also spur of the
central mountain, situated 295 rods dis
tant in a southerly direction. Its height
above the ocean is 8, 95l feet.
Shrewsbury Mountain is high ridge
in the northeasterly part of the town OF
Shrewsbury, and contains three peaks
slightly elevated above the main ridge
The most southerly peak is about 500
rods southeasterly of KillingtOn, and is
3,707 feet in height.
Mendon Peak is prominent, woody
cone, situated 400 rods in westerly OF
southwesterly direction from the SUM
NIT of Killington, and is 1898 feet above
the ocean, 1t has sometimes been called
Shrewsbury Peak.
f PoMFRET, Sept. co. 1866