W18 - Searsport, ME
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N 44° 27.521 W 068° 55.500
19T E 505966 N 4922822
This benchmark is mounted vertically on the front of an NRHP registered building known to the NRHP as the Searsport Historical Society Building.
Waymark Code: WMP4FV
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2015
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On the south wall facing the street, the benchmark is about four feet above the sidewalk and about one foot west of the east end of the building, right beside a down spout and under the NRHP plaque. Apparently this was originally the Searsport Post Office,which would explain the presence of the BM.
From the NGS:
DESIGNATION - W 18
PID - PE0372
STATE/COUNTY- ME/WALDO
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - SEARSPORT (1988)
MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
SETTING: 36 = SET IN A MASSIVE STRUCTURE
SP_SET: BUILDING
STAMPING: 59.882 W 18 1933
SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS NOT SUITABLE FOR
SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - May 06, 2005
HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
HISTORY - 1933 MONUMENTED CGS
HISTORY - 1934 GOOD CGS
HISTORY - 1983 GOOD USPSQD
HISTORY - 1988 GOOD USPSQD
HISTORY - 20050506 GOOD GEOCAC
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934
AT SEARSPORT.
AT SEARSPORT, WALDO COUNTY, ON MAIN STREET, AT THE POST OFFICE,
IN THE NORTH WALL, 10 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE MAINE
STREET ENTRANCE, 30 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF MAINE
STREET, AND 5 FEET ABOVE THE SIDEWALK. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED
59.882 W 18 1933 AND SET VERTICALLY.