NORMAL RM 1 RESET 1937 (KW2250) - Shippensburg, PA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This Reference Mark points to a station which unfortunately no longer exists. The mark is located 65 feet SE of the E corner of Stewart Hall & is in a 2-foot segment of preserved curb from the previous alignment (now straightened & to the S) of the drive which ran W to the front of Old Main. The curb appears to be undisturbed and in the proper location as remembered by this author when attending what was then Shippensburg State College.

Information from Current NGS datasheet is as follows:


1/1/1935 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

1/1/1942 by CGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 AT SHIPPENSBURG. AT SHIPPENSBURG, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, AT THE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, 270.8 FEET SOUTH OF TRIANGULATION STATION NORMAL 2, DESCRIBED BELOW, 93 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ROWLAND HALL, 65 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE EAST CORNER OF THE GYMNASIUM, AND IN THE TOP OF THE CONCRETE CURB OF A CIRCULAR DRIVE. A STANDARD REFERENCE MARK DISK, STAMPED NORMAL NO 1 1935.
1/1/1979 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1979 FROM HORIZONTAL DESCRIPTION NOTE, LETTER OF MR. J. W. LACKHOVE, BUSINESS MANAGER, STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, SHIPPENSBURG, PA STATED THAT THEY RESET REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IN 1937.

STATION RECOVERY (2005)

RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2005 (APC)
DISK FOUND ON A 23-INCH SEGMENT OF CURB SET IN CAMPUS LANDSCAPING AND NO LONGER PART OF A CURB AROUND A CIRCULAR DRIVE AS DESCRIBED IN 1942. THE ROADWAY HAS BEEN MOVED OR REALIGNED, AND A CIRCULAR DRIVE WAS NOT OBSERVED.

LOCATION OF THE RM DISK AS FOUND IS APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET NORTH OF CAST METAL LIGHT POLE NUMBER E2, AND ABOUT 65 FEET EAST FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF STEWART HALL.

ALTHOUGH THE DISK IS IN ITS ORIGINAL CURB SETTING, THAT SMALL SEGMENT OF CURBING MAY HAVE BEEN RELOCATED FROM ITS ORIGINAL POSITION.

USE WITH CAUTION

HANDHELD GPS COORDINATES -- 40 03 30.2 (N), 077 31 19.0 (W)

STATION RECOVERY (2006)

RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2006 (DPB)
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

STATION RECOVERY (2011)

RECOVERY NOTE BY PA DEPT OF TRANSP 2011 (LJM)
MARK NOT FOUND

Note - mark found in good condition on 5/6/2013 - will submit update to NGS.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: NORMAL RM 1 RESET1937 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk County: Cumberland County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Shippensburg - PA 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: KW2250 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

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