NGS PID# MY3709 - GRANITE - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

MY3709'DESCRIBED BY MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY 1938
MY3709'STATION IS LOCATED IN SE PART OF WORCESTER AT THE SUMMIT OF UNION
MY3709'HILL, HEAVILY WOODED TO TOP. STATION IS ON A CONSPICIOUS
MY3709'OUTCROP WITHIN A GRASSY FIELD. PROPERTY IS OWNED BY ST. ANNS
MY3709'ORPHANAGE.
MY3709'
MY3709'IT IS AN OCCUPIED FIRST-ORDER STATION MARKED BY A STANDARD STATE
MY3709'SURVEY DISK STAMPED GRANITE 1938 SET IN LEDGE OUTCROP.
MY3709'
MY3709'REFERENCE MARKS ARE THREE STATE SURVEY STANDARD REFERENCE DISKS,
MY3709'SET IN DRILL HOLES, ARE STAMPED MGS R.M.NO.1, 2 AND 3,
MY3709'RESPECTIVELY, LOCATED FROM STATION AS FOLLOWS--
MY3709'
MY3709'REFERENCE MARK NO.1, IN LEDGE OUTCROP, 48.12 FEET, IN GEODETIC
MY3709'AZIMUTH 43 DEG 32 MIN 57 SEC.
MY3709'
MY3709'REFERENCE MARK NO.2, IN LEDGE OUTCROP 58.18 FEET, IN GEODETIC
MY3709'AZIMUTH 142 DEG 52 MIN 57 SEC.
MY3709'
MY3709'REFERENCE MARK NO.3, IN LEDGE OUTCROP, 33.81 FEET, IN GEODETIC
MY3709'AZIMUTH 241 DEG 29 MIN 27 SEC.
MY3709'
MY3709'AZIMUTH MARK, MILLSTONE HILL STANDPIPE 1938 IS IN GEODETIC AZIMUTH
MY3709'191 DEG 41 MIN 24 SEC.
MY3709'
MY3709'STATION IS BEST REACHED FROM CITY HALL AS FOLLOWS--TRAVEL E 0.5
MY3709'MILE ON FRANKLIN STREET, TURN RIGHT ONTO GRAFTON STREET AND GO
MY3709'0.15 MILE SE TO POSNER SQUARE AND THENCE BY PROVIDENCE STREET,
MY3709'0.75 MILE TO WINTHROP STREET, ON WHICH GO LEFT FOR 0.1 MILE TO
MY3709'GRANITE STREET AND FOLLOW THAT 0.5 MILE TO CART PATH ON W SIDE
MY3709'OF GRANITE, OPPOSITE BARN OF ST. ANNS ORPHANAGE. PROCEED ON
MY3709'FOOT ABOUT 1000 FEET UP PATH TO GRASSY FIELD ON SUMMIT.
MY3709'
MY3709'VIEW FROM 30-FOOT TOWER WILL BE CLEAR IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
MY3709
MY3709 STATION RECOVERY (1938)
MY3709
MY3709'RECOVERY NOTE BY RESEARCHED BUT NOT FOUND 1938
MY3709'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
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MY3709 STATION RECOVERY (1982)
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MY3709'RECOVERY NOTE BY MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY 1982 (RAK)
MY3709'THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AT THIS DATE.
MY3709'THE STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
MY3709'
MY3709'HEIGHT OF LIGHT SHOWN WAS 1.5 METERS ABOVE THE MARK.
MY3709'
MY3709'DESCRIBED BY R.A. KELLER, MAGS.
MY3709
MY3709 STATION RECOVERY (1984)
MY3709
MY3709'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1984
MY3709'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
MY3709
MY3709 STATION RECOVERY (2011)
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MY3709'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2011 (JU)
MY3709'STATION, RM1 AND RM2 ARE IN GOOD CONDITION.
MY3709'AXIMUTH AND MEASUREMENT PUT RM3 IN A PARKING LOT AND HAS PROBABLY BEEN
MY3709'DESTROYED.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: GRANITE - 1938 - MGS Benchmark Agency: Not listed Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: WORCESTER USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): WORCESTER SOUTH 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: MY3709 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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