NGS PID# MY3659 - SPINDLE HILL RESET - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

MY3659'DESCRIBED BY MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY 1935
MY3659'THIS STATION IS A DRILL HOLE IN TOP OF DARK-COLORED BOULDER
MY3659'1-1/2 BY 2-1/2 FEET IN SECTION, SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE GROUND
MY3659'IN OPEN PASTURE, ON SUMMIT OF A PROMINENT HILL BY THE SAME NAME
MY3659'ABOUT A HALF MILE W OF STOW CENTER. VIEW CLEAR IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
MY3659
MY3659 STATION RECOVERY (1938)
MY3659
MY3659'RECOVERY NOTE BY MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY 1938
MY3659'THIS STATION IS AN OCCUPIED SECOND-ORDER STATION MARKED
MY3659'BY A MASSACHUSETTS STANDARD TRIANGULATION DISK, STAMPED SPINDLE
MY3659'HILL, 1893-1938 SET BY THE MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY IN 1938,
MY3659'IN ORIGINAL DRILL HOLE IN 2-BY 1.5-FOOT BOULDER 3 INCHES HIGH,
MY3659'MARKING FORMER MASSACHUSETTS STATE STATION SPINDLE HILL, 1893.
MY3659'
MY3659'LOCATED IN CENTRAL PART OF TOWN OF STOW ABOUT 1 MILE SE FROM
MY3659'VILLAGE ON THE SUMMIT OF SPINDLE HILL ABOUT 350 PACES S FROM GREAT
MY3659'ROAD, HIGHWAY 117, 262 FEET S FROM AN E-W STONE WALL ACROSS THE
MY3659'NORTHERLY END OF THE SUMMIT, AND 159 FEET SW FROM A STONE WALL
MY3659'RUNNING SE-NW ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERLY EDGE OF SUMMIT. STATION
MY3659'IS ON PROPERTY OF WILLIAM H. PECK WHO LIVES AT THE FOOT OF THE
MY3659'HILL ON THE NW CORNER OF GREAT ROAD AND HARVARD ROAD.
MY3659'
MY3659'REFERENCE MARKS ARE TWO STATE STANDARD REFERENCE DISKS, STAMPED
MY3659'SPINDLE HILL, 1893-1938 MGS R.M.NO.1 AND R.M.NO.2 RESPECTIVELY,
MY3659'WERE SET BY THE MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY IN 1938, LOCATED AS
MY3659'FOLLOWS--
MY3659'
MY3659'REFERENCE MARK NO.1, IN BOULDER 4 BY 3 FEET BY 1.5 FEET HIGH,
MY3659'51.80 FEET, IN GEODETIC AZIMUTH 330 DEG 54 MIN 35 SEC FROM
MY3659'STATION.
MY3659'
MY3659'REFERENCE MARK NO.2, IN APEX OF A PYRAMIDAL TRIANGULAR OUTCROPPING
MY3659'BOULDER 6 FEET ON A SIDE AND 1 FOOT HIGH, 32.82 FEET, IN
MY3659'GEODETIC AZIMUTH 87 DEG 53 MIN 23 SEC FROM STATION.
MY3659'
MY3659'REFERENCE MARK NO.1 TO REFERENCE MARK NO.2, 72.82 FEET.
MY3659'
MY3659'TO REACH STATION FROM WESTERLY JUNCTION OF GREAT ROAD, HIGHWAY
MY3659'117, AND HIGHWAY 62 AT CENTER OF STOW VILLAGE, FOLLOW GREAT ROAD
MY3659'0.9 MILE W TO A BARWAY IN STONE WALL 50 YARDS W OF AN UN-NAMED DIRT
MY3659'ROAD LEADING SE AROUND THE BASE OF THE HILL. FROM BARWAY WALK S
MY3659'350 PACES UPHILL TO STATION.
MY3659'
MY3659'VIEW FROM GROUND CLEAR IN ALL DIRECTIONS EXCEPT WHERE OBSTRUCTED
MY3659'BY THREE 60-FOOT TREES ON THE NW EDGE OF SUMMIT, AND ONE ON E SIDE
MY3659'OF HILL. A 4-FOOT INSTRUMENT STAND WAS USED IN 1938.
MY3659
MY3659 STATION RECOVERY (1984)
MY3659
MY3659'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1984 (CLN)
MY3659'THE STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARK 2 WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD
MY3659'CONDITION. THE BOULDER WITH REFERENCE MARK 1 WAS RECOVERED WITH THE
MY3659'ARROW POINTED TO THE SOUTH AND BY THE DIRECTION TO IT FROM REFERENCE
MY3659'MARK 2 HAD BEEN MOVED. REFERENCE MARK 3 WAS SET IN THE SAME BOULDER.
MY3659'THE DISTANCE TO REFERENCE MARK 2 CHECKED. A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS.
MY3659'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 1.6 KM (1.00 MI) SOUTHWEST OF STOW, ON
MY3659'THE SUMMIT OF SPINDLE HILL WHICH IS NOW HEAVILY WOODED.
MY3659'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE ROUTES 62 AND 117, IN
MY3659'STOW AND 0.3 KM (0.20 MI) NORTH OF THE STOW POST OFFICE, GO WEST ON
MY3659'ROUTE 117 FOR 1.3 KM (0.80 MI) TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT. TURN SHARP LEFT
MY3659'AND GO SOUTHEAST ON WHEELER ROAD FOR 0.2 KM (0.10 MI) TO A DRIVEWAY ON
MY3659'THE RIGHT, OPPOSITE WHITNEY ROAD. TURN RIGHT AND GO WEST AND SOUTHWEST
MY3659'ON A PAVED DRIVEWAY, UP A VERY STEEP HILL FOR 0.5 KM (0.30 MI) TO A
MY3659'STONE WALL OPENING JUST BEFORE REACHING A HOUSE AND THE END OF TRUCK
MY3659'TRAVEL. PACK SOUTHEAST ALONG THE STONE WALL FOR 150 YARDS AND THEN
MY3659'PACK WEST FOR 50 YARDS TO THE SUMMIT AND THE STATION.
MY3659'THE STATION IS A DISK SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE TOP OF A BOULDER THAT
MY3659'PROJECTS 3 INCHES AND IS 5.5 M (18.0 FT) NORTHEAST OF A 10-INCH CEDAR
MY3659'TREE WITH A TRIANGLE BLAZE ON THE NORTH SIDE, 2.7 M (8.9 FT) NORTH OF
MY3659'A 1 BY 3 FEET BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 2.5 FEET AND 0.6 M (2.0 FT) SOUTH
MY3659'OF A CARSONITE WITNESS POST AND SIGN.
MY3659'
MY3659'REFERENCE MARK NO 2, IS A
MY3659'STANDARD NGS DISK STAMPED---SPINDLE HILL RM 2 1893-1938 MGS---,
MY3659'CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A 5-FT BY 5-FT BOULDER THAT PROJECTS
MY3659'30 CM (12-INCHES). THE STATION IS LOCATED 9.9 METERS (32.5 FT)
MY3659'WEST-NORTHWEST FROM THE CARSONITE WITNESS POST AND SIGN, 7.3 METERS
MY3659'(24.0 FT) NORTHWEST FROM THE TRIANGULAR BLAZED CEDAR TREE, 0.6 METERS
MY3659'(2.0 FT) SOUTHEAST FROM A 4-INCH OAK TREE, AND 0.6 METERS (2.0 FT)
MY3659'LOWER THAN THE STATION. REFERENCE MARK NO 3, IS A STANDARD NGS
MY3659'DISK STAMPED---SPINDLE HILL 1893 NO 3 1984---, CEMENTED IN A DRILL
MY3659'HOLE IN A 3-FT BY 4-FT BOULDER THAT PROJECTS 46 CM. (18-INCHES) THE
MY3659'STATION IS LOCATED 45.7 METERS (149.9 FT) WEST FROM A NORTH-SOUTH
MY3659'FENCE, 1.2 METERS (3.9 FT) SOUTH FROM A PATHWAY THAT RUNS EAST-WEST
MY3659'OVER THE RIDGE, AND 0.6 METERS (2.0 FT) LOWER THAN THE STATION.
MY3659
MY3659 STATION RECOVERY (2011)
MY3659
MY3659'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2011 (JU)
MY3659'STATION, RM2 AND RM3 RECOVERED.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: SPINDLE HILL 1893-1938 Benchmark Agency: Not listed Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: MIDDLESEX 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 Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (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 Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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