GAGING STATION, WEIRS BEACH (USDI, Laconia, NH)
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member NH2beers
N 43° 36.446 W 071° 27.537
19T E 301557 N 4831210
A USDI Gaging Station disk located at Weirs Beach boardwalk in Laconia, NH. The NHDOT ID# is 245-0370.
Waymark Code: WM9KQK
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 08/30/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 13

This station is a US Dept. of Interior Gaging Station disk, unstamped, set in the north side of the southwest pier of the M/S Mt. Washington boat and railroad station, on the boardwalk at Weirs Beach in Laconia, NH. I found this disk by chance, and there is an NHDOT datasheet for it. The details:

THE STATION IS LOCATED IN LACONIA. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. ROUTE 3 AND STATE ROUTE 11-B SOUTH IN LACONIA,GO NORTH FOR 0.1 MI ON ROUTE 3 TO JUNCTION OF LAKESIDE AVENUE, TURN RIGHT AND GO NORTHEAST FOR 0.25 MI ON LAKESIDE AVENUE TO THE M/S MOUNT WASHINGTON RAILROAD STATION AND THE MARK ON THE RIGHT. THE STATION IS A STANDARD USDI GAGING STATION DISK UNSTAMPED SET IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SOUTHWEST PIER TO THE RAILROAD STATION.

If you go downstairs to the restrooms on the right side of the building, you can see the disk below you while looking over the east railing on the platform outside the restrooms. The disk was recovered in good condition. The USGS gaging station house is close by.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Department of Interior Geological Survey

Monumentation type: Gaging Station (reference mark)

County: Belknap

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Winnipesaukee

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

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

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

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

NGS PID: Not listed

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