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MUSHROOM RM 2 - West Franklin Twp Armstrong County PA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com
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MUSHROOM RM 2 - West Franklin Twp Armstrong County PA
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shorbird
N 40° 50.517 W 079° 40.716
17T E 611398 N 4522052
This is Reference Mark 2 for traverse station MUSHROOM.
Waymark Code:
WMC1A8
Location:
Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted:
07/13/2011
Published By:
Ernmark
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01/01/1967 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1967 (ELH) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF BUTLER, 2 MILES WEST OF WORTHINGTON AND 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 422. IT IS LOCATED ON THE BUTLER COUNTY MUSHROOM FARMS INCORPORATED. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 422 AND STATE HIGHWAY 228 AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF WORTHINGTON GO WEST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 422 FOR 2.3 MILES TO A MACADAM ROAD ON THE LEFT, TURN SHARP LEFT AND GO EAST ON THE MACADAM ROAD FOR 0.3 MILE TO A GRAVELED ROAD ON THE RIGHT, TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTH ON THE GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.5 MILE TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE LEFT JUST BEFORE REACHING A POINT WHERE A UNG COMPANY LINE CROSSES UNDER THE ROAD, CONTINUE SOUTHERLY ON THE GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.25 MILE TO ANOTHER PIPE LINE AND A LARGE VALVE ON THE LEFT, TURN LEFT AND PASS BETWEEN THE PIPE LINE AND THE EDGE OF THE WOODS FOR 0.05 MILE TO THE CREST OF THE SMALL RIDGE AND THE STATION AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS. THE STATION MARK IS 58 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A PIPE LINE AND 4.8 FEET NORTH-NORTHWEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST. IT IS A STANDARD TRAVERSE DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT PROJECTING 3 INCHES AND IS STAMPED MUSHROOM 1967. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS 63 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE PIPE LINE AND 8.8 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE METAL WITNESS POST. IT IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT PROJECTING 2 INCHES AND IS STAMPED MUSHROOM NO 1 1967. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS 63 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE PIPE LINE AND 20.6 FEET WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE METAL WITNESS POST. IT IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT PROJECTING 3 INCHES AND IS STAMPED MUSHROOM NO 2 1967. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 60 YARDS EAST OF A POINT WHERE THE UNG COMPANY GAS LINE CROSSES THE ROAD, 14.5 FEET NORTH OF A 14 INCH WALNUT TREE, 13 FEET SOUTH OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE GRAVELED ROAD AND 2 FEET WEST-SOUTHWEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST. IT IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT FLUSH WITH THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IS STAMPED MUSHROOM 1967.
Condition:
Mark found in good condition
Designation:
MUSHROOM NO 2
Benchmark Agency:
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type:
REFERENCE MARK Disk
County:
Armstrong
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional):
Worthington
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