122 (USGS, Southbury, CT)
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N 41° 26.222 W 073° 15.885
18T E 644971 N 4588726
A USGS standard bench mark disk, located in Southbury, CT.
Waymark Code: WMFPA2
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 11/12/2012
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This station is a USGS standard bench mark disk, located in Southbury, CT. It is set in the north side of the east abutment of a steel truss bridge spanning Lake Zoar, part of the Housatonic River.
According to the USGS records, the mark is identified as "27 W 1922 120" with a recorded elevation of 121.304 feet above sea level. The notes go on to mention that the mark was reset in 1942, but no further information is available regarding this. The existing bridge was built in 1934, and therefore supports this statement. However, there is no "RESET" notation stamped in the tablet.
The road that the bridge carries was formerly U.S. Route 6 several years ago. The road is now identified as Glen Road in Sandy Hook, and River Road in Southbury.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: 122
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: New Haven
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Newtown
Find type: Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed
NGS PID: Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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