Church Spire - Congregationalist Church - Sandy Point, ME
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 44° 30.722 W 068° 48.854
19T E 514765 N 4928762
This church, though not terribly big, is nonetheless the best candidate in Sandy Point for a spire benchmark. The church stands on the west side of Highway 1 and marks the social, if not the actual, centre of the community.
Waymark Code: WMP4HY
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 3
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From the NGS:
DESIGNATION -  SANDY POINT E CH CONG SPIRE
PID         -  PE2623
STATE/COUNTY-  ME/WALDO
COUNTRY     -  US
USGS QUAD   -  BUCKSPORT (1982)

MARKER: 90 = CHURCH SPIRE
SETTING: 0 = UNSPECIFIED SETTING
MAGNETIC: N = NO MAGNETIC MATERIAL

HISTORY     - Date     Condition        Report By
HISTORY     - UNK      FIRST OBSERVED
HISTORY     - 1934     SEE DESCRIPTION  CGS
HISTORY     - 1944     SEE DESCRIPTION  CGS
HISTORY     - 1957     SEE DESCRIPTION  CGS
HISTORY     - 1983     GOOD             NOS

STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (KGC)
STATION RECOVERED.  THE CHURCH HAS A TALL WHITE SPIRE AND HAS
REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE IT WAS CONSTRUCTED ACCORDING TO
H.M. GRIFFIN, AGED LOCAL RESIDENT.

THE PUBLISHED AZIMUTH TO IT FROM STATION LITTLE BALL WAS
CHECKED BY THE 1934 OBSERVATIONS FROM THAT STATION.  IT IS THE
ONLY CHURCH IN THE SETTLEMENT AT THIS TIME.

STATION RECOVERY (1944)

RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1944 (FLP)
STATION RECOVERED.  ACCORDING TO LOCAL INFORMATION FROM AN AGED
LIFETIME RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY, SPIRE ONCE BLEW OFF BUT
WAS PUT BACK IN THE SAME PLACE.  IT LEANS SLIGHTLY TO THE W,
BUT IT IS THE SAME SPIRE THAT WAS THERE IN 1862.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Church Spire

County: Waldo

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Bucksport

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: PE2623

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

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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