Survey Disk, BI 001, LW5625 - New Shorham, RI - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

In New Shoreham, near the Southeast Lighthouse, is this survey disk, designated BI 001.

Southeast Lighthouse is located off Spring Street, near the parking lot to the stairs that lead down to the beach below Mohegan Bluffs. Parking is available by the lighthouse, and the area is now a public park.

The survey disk is located about 3 ft. from a stone bench located on the lawn and toward the fence. It is about 125 ft south of the lighthouse.

The mark is a bronze disk set in concrete, which is set in grass. The following text is along the outside edge:

"Rhode Island - Geodetic Survey"

There is a circle inside, then the following Text:

"Penalty For Disturbing - Call RIDOT Providence"

Then

"001 1990"
[It is possibly that "BI" preceded it that was scraped off]

Then, there is a Circle with a dot in the center.

The datasheet has references to the lighthouse; however=, it is likely that the lighthouse has been moved since.

The mark is in good condition; however, there is a significant set of scrapes on part of the face.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: BI 001 1990 Benchmark Agency: other (not included below) Benchmark Agency (if other): Rhode Island Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Survey Mark USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Block Island, RI Special category (optional): Not listed 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: LW5625 Monumentation type (if other): Not listed County: Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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