NGS PID# MY3674 - QUODOC 1938
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Ganuman
N 42° 25.468 W 071° 37.916
19T E 283476 N 4700262
NGS PID# MY3674 - QUODOC 1938
Waymark Code: WMCK74
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy
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MY3674'DESCRIBED BY MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY 1938
MY3674'AN OCCUPIED SECOND-ORDER STATION MARKED BY A MASS. DEPT. OF
MY3674'PUBLIC WORKS TRIANGULATION DISK, STAMPED QUODOC- 1938, SET IN
MY3674'A LEDGE.
MY3674'
MY3674'LOCATED ON TOP OF WATAQUODOC HILL IN THE SW PART OF THE TOWN
MY3674'OF BOLTON, AT THE EXTREME W EDGE OF A LARGE FLAT SEAMY LEDGE. 71
MY3674'FEET S OF THE N EDGE OF THE LEDGE. 25.7 FEET W FROM THE ANCHOR
MY3674'BOLT IN A BASE PLATE OF A FORMER OBSERVATION TOWER AND 49.0 FEET
MY3674'SE FROM CENTER LINE OF AN OLD WOOD ROAD OR CART PATH, RUNNING
MY3674'ALONG THE W SIDE OF THE LEDGE.
MY3674'
MY3674'REFERENCE MARKS--THREE U.S.C. AND G.S. REFERENCE-MARK DISKS,
MY3674'STAMPED R.M. 1 (2 AND 3) M.G.S., RESPECTIVELY, ARE SET AND LOCATED
MY3674'FROM THE STATION AS FOLLOWS--R.M. NO.1 SET IN LEDGE 54.39 FEET
MY3674'N 63 DEG E. R.M. NO.2 SET IN LEDGE 35.95 FEET S
MY3674'17 DEG E. R.M. NO.3 SET IN A BOULDER 91.0 FEET N 53 DEG W.
MY3674'
MY3674'TO REACH THE STATION FROM BOLTON, LEAVE MAIN STREET (ROUTE 117)
MY3674'AT THE CORNER OF WATAQUODOC ROAD. GO SW. AT 0.2 MILE BEAR
MY3674'RIGHT. AT 1.1 MILES TURN LEFT OR S ON TO WEST BERLIN ROAD. AT
MY3674'1.4 MILES STOP AT ENTRANCE TO FARM PROPERTY OF H.L. FELTON
MY3674'(PROSPECT FARM) AND FOLLOW PATH ON RIGHT INTO THE WOODS ABOUT
MY3674'180 PACES WESTERLY UP THE HILL TO THE LEDGE AND STATION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: QUODOC - 1938

Benchmark Agency: Not listed

Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk

County: WORCESTER

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): HUDSON

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

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NGS PID: MY3674

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

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