PERRY (JV4775) - Perryville, MD - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Disk is located in a square concrete monument - East of the park road at Stump Point. Monument is about 2 feet from the bank & projects about 3 inches.

Details from the NGS datasheet are as follows:

1/1/1933 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1933 (RDH) THIS IS A SECOND-ORDER STATION ON VETERANS ADMINISTRATION PROPERTY, ON PERRY POINT (FORMERLY STUMP POINT). IT IS 8 FEET NW OF BLUFF OF RIVER AT THE NE TIP OF PERRY POINT, 10.3 FEET W OF A DEAD TOP 16-INCH IRON WOOD TREE ON BLUFF, 14 FEET SE OF CENTER LINE OF RIVER ROAD, 67.6 FEET E OF E CORNER POST OF PAVILION MARKED PENNSYLVANIA. THE MARK PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE GROUND.

SURFACE, UNDERGROUND, AND REFERENCE MARKS NOS. 1, 2, AND 3 ARE STANDARD BRONZE DISKS SET IN CONCRETE.

REFERENCE MARK NO.1 IS 40.5 FEET SE OF A STONE FIREPLACE, 12 FEET SE OF CENTER LINE OF ROAD, 3.05 FEET W OF W EDGE OF FLOOR OF PICNIC PLATFORM ON BLUFF, AND 5 FEET FROM EDGE OF BLUFF. IT PROJECTS 6 INCHES.

REFERENCE MARK NO.2 IS 33 FEET WSW OF A STONE MASONRY INCINERATOR 32.8 FEET FROM PIPE IN CENTER OF PAVILION MARKED PENNSYLVANIA, 5 FEET NW OF EDGE OF BLUFF, 8.90 FEET E OF E EDGE OF FLOOR OF PICNIC PLATFORM ON BLUFF. IT PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE GROUND.

REFERENCE MARK NO.3, AZIMUTH MARK, IS 8 FEET FROM EDGE OF BLUFF ON E SIDE OF PERRY POINT, 15 FEET FROM CENTER OF ROAD, 12 FEET SE OF 15-INCH WHITE OAK. IT PROJECTS 5 INCHES ABOVE GROUND.

TO REACH STATION, GO TO ENTRANCE GATE TO VETERANS ADMINISTRATION PROPERTY JUST E OF PERRYVILLE RAILROAD STATION, AND THENCE E 1.7 MILES BY RIVER ROAD TO THE STATION. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 2 METERS.

1/1/1948 by AMS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US ARMY MAP SERVICE (NOW DMA) 1948 STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.

1/1/1979 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1979 (RGP) THE STATION AND ALL MARKS WERE RECOVERED AND FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED. A NEW WITNESS POST WAS SET 1.8 FEET SOUTH OF THE STATION MARK.

9/28/1996 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1996 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: PERRY Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: Cecil County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Havre de Grace 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: JV4775 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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