HU0284: 45 (USGS/NGS, Berlin, MD)
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N 38° 19.471 W 075° 13.135
18S E 480864 N 4241844
A USGS standard bench mark disk, located in Berlin, MD.
The NGS PID# HU0284.
Waymark Code: WMP53G
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2015
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This station, a United States Geological Survey standard bench mark disk, is located in downtown Berlin, MD, at the main entrance of what is now known as the PNC Bank. The description is as follows:
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 AT BERLIN. AT BERLIN, WORCESTER COUNTY, AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF JEFFERSON AND MAIN STREETS, AT THE EXCHANGE AND SAVINGS BANK BUILDING, IN THE SOUTH END OF THE TOP STEP OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE, 30 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF JEFFERSON STREET, AND 23.5 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF MAIN STREET. A UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STANDARD DISK, STAMPED 45 BALTO 1900.
This is a rather easy find, and has been in place for well over a century. It is in remarkably good condition.
When recovering this mark, please consider logging it on both this site and the Geocaching site. Thank you.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: 45 BALTO 1900
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Worcester
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Berlin
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: HU0284
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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