NHDPWH - 087-0130 - Chesterfield, NH
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member king.hubi
N 42° 53.044 W 072° 33.052
18T E 700004 N 4750850
A bench mark disk from the New Hampshire Department of Public Works and Highways (NHDPWH) located in Chesterfield, NH at the old United States Navy Seabees Bridge.
Waymark Code: WM97YP
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 5


This station is a bench mark disk from the New Hampshire Department of Public Works and Highways (NHDPWH) located in the town of Chesterfield, New Hampshire along Route 9 (Franklin Pierce Hwy) at the old United States Navy Seabees Bridge which crosses the Connecticut River from New Hampshire to Vermont. The disk was set in 1989 by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) into the top of the south-east concrete retaining wall, 3.5 feet above the road and 23 feet from the east end of the wall. It is a standard NHDPWH disk stamped 087 0130 and shows a little cross in the middle.

The station is not listed in the NGS database, however it is listed in the NHDOT Geodetic Control database. You can access the datasheet using this provided web link further down. Just select the town Chesterfield in the first drop-down box and submit. The system then generates a list of all available stations in a second drop-down box. Select 087-0130, submit and you will get the datasheet for this station.

This is the original description of the station taken from the NHDOT datasheet:

THE STATION IS LOCATED IN CHESTERFIELD. THE STATION IS AT THE EAST END OF THE STATE ROUTE 9 BRIDGE OVER THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE-VERMONT STATE LINE. THE STATION IS A STANDARD NHDPWH DISK STAMPED--087-0130--, SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE RETAINING WALL 3.5 FT (1.1 M) ABOVE THE ROAD. 23.0 FT (7.0 M) WEST FROM THE EAST END OF THE WALL.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE - PENALTY FOR DISTURBING
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 087-0130

Benchmark Agency: Not listed

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Cheshire County, New Hampshire

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Newfane Quad

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed

NGS PID: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
  1. A closeup photo of the mark taken by you is required.
  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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