LX0453: R 36 (USC&GS/NGS, Madison, CT)
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N 41° 16.799 W 072° 35.701
18T E 701412 N 4572628
A USC&GS standard bench mark disk, located on the post office building, in Madison, CT.
The NGS PID# is LX0453.
Waymark Code: WMC0CC
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 07/10/2011
Views: 3
This station, a U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey standard bench mark disk, is located in Madison, CT. It is set vertically in the south end of the west side of the post office, approximately 0.5-ft above ground level.
The Madison Post Office is on the northwest corner, at the junction of Wall Street and Boston Post Road (U.S. Rt. 1).
The complete datasheet and description can be accessed at the link below.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: R 36 1965
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: New Haven
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Clinton
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: LX0453
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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