PRINCIPIO 2008 (DN6260) - Cecil County, MD
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
N 39° 35.241 W 076° 00.309
18S E 413685 N 4382441
Aluminum disk located in the W quadrant of the intersection of Pulaski Hwy (US 40) & Principio Parkway.
Waymark Code: WMMMEC
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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This disk stands near the former site of one of the oldest benchmarks in the Eastern US - PRINCIPIO (JV4790) which was monumented in 1845. At the request of the landowner (Mason-Dixon Sand & Gravel Co. of PA), the station was destroyed & PRINCIPIO 2 (JV4789) established in 1961. Although that station is still in the active NGS database, it is in the middle of an active sand quarry. PRINCIPIO 2008 now carries the mantle of this venerable series of marks.


Descriptive information from NGS datasheet is as follows:


STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY GW STEPHENS JR AND ASSOCIATES 2008 (JMS)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 4.5 MI (7.2 KM) SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BAY VIEW, 3.5 MI (5.6 KM) WEST-SOUTHWEST OF NORTH EAST AND 1.8 MI (2.9 KM) WEST-NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTOWN.

TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF PULASKI HIGHWAY (ROUTE 40), OLD PHILADELPHIA ROAD (ROUTE 7) AND OLD BELVIDERE ROAD, PROCEED NORTHEAST ON PULASKI HIGHWAY FOR 0.49 MI (0.8 KM) TO PRINCIPIO PARKWAY AND THE STATION ON THE LEFT.

IT IS A CECIL COUNTY SURVEY DISK SET IN A 12-INCH (30 CM) ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT IN THE WEST ANGLE OF THE INTERSECTION OF PULASKI HIGHWAY AND PRINCIPIO PARKWAY, 3.0 FT (0.9 M) WEST OF THE WEST FACE OF A CURB, 49.3 FT (15.0 M) SOUTHWEST OF A FIRE HYDRANT AND 69.5 FT (21.2 M) EAST OF THE FURNACE MONUMENT.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: PRINCIPIO 2008

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): Cecil County Dept. of Planning & Zoning

Monumentation type: Survey Mark

County: Cecil County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Havre de Grace - MD

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: DN6260

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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