BM P.O. 1936 - Machias, ME
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N 44° 42.908 W 067° 27.460
19T E 622160 N 4952463
Machias now has a new post office a few blocks away, but this one still has a benchmark. The BM is in the smooth granite belt line about two feet above ground in the front wall, very near the east end of the wall. The building appears to be vacant.
Waymark Code: WMP4H1
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2015
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This BM faces Main Street, which is also Highway 1, and can easily be seen as one drives through town. It's on the west side of the corner of Center Street. It appears to have been monumented in 1936 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
From the NGS:
DESIGNATION - MACHIAS PO MIT
PID - PD0125
STATE/COUNTY- ME/WASHINGTON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - MACHIAS (1977)
MARKER: DD = SURVEY DISK
SETTING: 36 = SET IN A MASSIVE STRUCTURE
SP_SET: BUILDING
STAMPING: MACHIAS 33.59 1936 PO
STABILITY: B = PROBABLY HOLD POSITION/ELEVATION WELL
HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
HISTORY - 1936 MONUMENTED MIT
HISTORY - 1966 GOOD CGS
HISTORY - 1978 GOOD DMA
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1966
AT MACHIAS.
AT MACHIAS, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND CENTRAL STREETS,
AT THE OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING, 12.4 FEET WEST OF THE WEST
CURB OF CENTRAL STREET, 8.8 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH CURB OF
MAIN STREET, ABOUT 3 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SIDEWALK, AND
SET VERTICALLY IN THE GRANITE PORTION OF THE SOUTH WALL NEAR THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING. NOTE-- THE POST OFFICE WILL
RELOCATE IN A NEW BUILDING IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND IT WAS REPORTED
THAT THE OLD BUILDING MAY BE RAZED.
STATION RECOVERY (1978)
'RECOVERY NOTE BY DEFENSE MAP AGENCY 1978
'OLD POST OFFICE IS NOW SUNRISE COUNTY FARMERS SUPPLY.