C.O.E. TT4-26 - Simmons RD - Cumberland County, PA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
N 40° 11.518 W 077° 04.391
18T E 323523 N 4451124
Corps of Engineers Army Mapping Service disk located N of Simmons RD in Monroe Township, Cumberland County.
Waymark Code: WMJY2D
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/14/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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Mark is located N of Simmons RD at a point where the road makes a 90 degree turn from east to south.

Details from USGS Datasheet
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Mechanicsburg Borough, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; about 2.2 airline miles west-southwest of, in Monroe Township, Cumberland County. The mark is a Corps of Engineers Disk cemented in drill hole in rock outcrop, and stamped "Army Map Service TT 4-26 954". Located 41.0 feet north of the extended centerline of road turning from east to south, - 66 feet north northwest o centerline of road leading east, and 3.5 feet west of north-south fence line. To reach the station from the Post Office in Mechanicsburg, go 3.0 miles west on State Route #641 (west Main Street) to a crossroad and store. Continue through crossroads and go about 200 feet to gravel road southwest; thence, turn left and go 0.6 mile to a turn in the road south and vicinity of station. .

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: TT-24 - Army Map Service

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Monumentation type: Survey Mark

County: Cumberland County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Mechanicsburg - PA

Find type: Location information obtained from the USGS was used

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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