PERRY RM 2 - Perryville, MD
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
N 39° 32.799 W 076° 02.805
18S E 410060 N 4377964
Reference Mark for Triangulation Station PERRY (JV4775) located 91 feet to the NE.
Waymark Code: WMMZ0K
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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Mark is at the SE end of Perryville Community Park - about 15 feet SE of the centerline of the park drive & is in possible danger of slipping over the bank within a decade or two.

The monument is currently about 3 feet from the edge of the bluff & is E of a rectangular concrete pad currently under a park bench.

Relevant info from the NGS datasheet for main station PERRY (JV4775) is as follows:

JV4775'REFERENCE MARK NO.2 IS 33 FEET WSW OF A STONE MASONRY INCINERATOR 32.8 FEET FROM PIPE IN CENTER OF PAVILION MARKED PENNSYLVANIA, 5 FEET NW OF EDGE OF BLUFF, 8.90 FEET E OF E EDGE OF FLOOR OF PICNIC PLATFORM ON BLUFF. IT PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE GROUND.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: PERRY NO 2

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk

County: Cecil County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Havre de Grace

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]

NGS PID: JV4775 (main station)

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

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