MY3130 -- Faneuil Hall Grass Hop -- Boston MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
N 42° 21.604 W 071° 03.363
19T E 330682 N 4691803
The grasshopper weathervane on top of Boston's famous and historic Faneuil Hall is NGS benchmark intersection station MY3130.
Waymark Code: WMFF4Q
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/09/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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The famed Faneuil Hall Grasshopper weathervane is also NGS Benchmark MY3130.

The official NGS Datasheet reads as follows:

MY3130 DESIGNATION - BOSTON FANEUIL HALL GRASS HOP
MY3130 PID - MY3130
MY3130 STATE/COUNTY- MA/SUFFOLK
MY3130 COUNTRY - US
MY3130 USGS QUAD -
MY3130
MY3130 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
MY3130
MY3130 NAD 83 POSITION- 42 21 36.16131(N) 071 03 21.92656(W) ADJ
MY3130
MY3130 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
MY3130 HISTORY - UNK MONUMENTED
MY3130 HISTORY - 1962 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS
MY3130 HISTORY - 1989 GOOD USPSQD
MY3130 HISTORY - 20040628 GOOD GEOCAC
MY3130 HISTORY - 20070515 GOOD GEOCAC
MY3130 HISTORY - 20090516 GOOD GEOCAC
MY3130
MY3130 STATION DESCRIPTION
MY3130
MY3130'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1962 (WFD)
MY3130'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE WINDVANE IN THE SHAPE OF A
MY3130'GRASSHOPPER THAT RISES ABOVE THE CENTER OF THE GILDED DOME OF
MY3130'THE CUPOLA ON FANEUIL HALL, ON THE EAST SIDE OF DOCK SQUARE.

Fanieul Hall is in a cool area in downtown Boston. Come on down and experience this exciting urban space.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: other (not any of the below)

Monumentation type (if other): Windvane

County: Suffolk Co. MA

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Boston 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: MY3130

Benchmark Agency (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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