JV1588 614 PRR -- Hanover PA
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N 39° 48.267 W 076° 59.100
18S E 330072 N 4407938
A copper bolt in the step of the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot in downtown Hanover PA
Waymark Code: WMPGC9
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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This copper bolt benchmark is located in the trackside step into the waiting room of the old Pennsylvania RR passenger depot in downtown Hanover PA.

From the NGS Datasheet:

"JV1588 DESIGNATION - 614 PRR
JV1588 PID - JV1588
JV1588 STATE/COUNTY- PA/YORK
JV1588 COUNTRY - US
JV1588 USGS QUAD - HANOVER (1984)
JV1588
JV1588 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
JV1588 ______________________________________________________________________
JV1588* NAD 83(1986) POSITION- 39 48 16. (N) 076 59 07. (W) SCALED
JV1588
JV1588_MARKER: B = BOLT
JV1588_SETTING: 30 = SET IN A LIGHT STRUCTURE
JV1588_SP_SET: STEP
JV1588_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY
JV1588_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
JV1588+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - March 15, 2011
JV1588
JV1588 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
JV1588 HISTORY - UNK MONUMENTED PRR
JV1588 HISTORY - 1935 GOOD CGS
JV1588 HISTORY - 1942 GOOD CGS
JV1588 HISTORY - 20040902 GOOD GEOCAC
JV1588 HISTORY - 20070103 GOOD GEOCAC
JV1588 HISTORY - 20090406 GOOD GEOCAC
JV1588 HISTORY - 20110315 GOOD GEOCAC
JV1588
JV1588 STATION DESCRIPTION
JV1588
JV1588'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935
JV1588'AT HANOVER.
JV1588'AT HANOVER, YORK COUNTY, AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
JV1588'RAILROAD AND THE WESTERN MARYLAND RAILWAY STATION, IN THE TOP
JV1588'OF THE WEST DOORSTEP, ABOUT 105 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE
JV1588'OF THE W.M. RY., AND 54 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE
JV1588'P.R.R. A COPPER BOLT.
JV1588
JV1588 STATION RECOVERY (1942)
JV1588
JV1588'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942
JV1588'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
JV1588
JV1588 STATION RECOVERY (2004)
JV1588
JV1588'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2004 (MHB)
JV1588'THE FORMER TRAIN STATION NOW HOUSES THE FISCHER INSURANCE AGENCY.
JV1588
JV1588 STATION RECOVERY (2007)
JV1588
JV1588'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2007 (PSB)
JV1588'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
JV1588
JV1588 STATION RECOVERY (2009)
JV1588
JV1588'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2009 (DPB)
JV1588'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
JV1588
JV1588 STATION RECOVERY (2011)
JV1588
JV1588'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2011 (LPC)
JV1588'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): PRR

Monumentation type: Bolt

County: York Co PA

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Hanover

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: JV1588

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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