NW 10 PBPP (HV1898) - Washington, DC
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
N 38° 55.001 W 077° 02.787
18S E 322578 N 4309521
A DC Public Buildings & Public Parks benchmark located in the small triangle at the intersection of Connecticut Ave, California St, & Columbia RD.
Waymark Code: WMNT47
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 04/28/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
Views: 5

This survey disk is located at the SE corner of the Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan statue - at the corner of the bottom step.

Details from the NGS datasheet are as follows:

Unknown by PBPP (MONUMENTED)

01/01/1926 by PBPP (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY PUB BLDGS AND PARKS 1926 AT WASHINGTON. AT WASHINGTON, ON CONNECTICUT AVENUE, AT THE INTERSECTION OF CALIFORNIA STREET NORTHWEST, AT THE MC CLELLAN STATUE, AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BASE, IN THE TOP OF THE LOWEST STEP, 18 INCHES NORTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE STEP, AND 14 INCHES WEST OF THE EAST EDGE. A PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC PARKS STANDARD DISK, STAMPED NW 10.

01/01/1961 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: NW 10 PBPP

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): DC Public Buildings & Public Parks

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: District of Columbia

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Washington West

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: HV1898

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

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  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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