USCGS Bronze disk (D-61) SE of Linesville, PA
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N 41° 36.333 W 080° 22.867
17T E 551569 N 4606167
In a hollow area east of active freight tracks and just west of a swampy area.
Waymark Code: WM3N12
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2008
Views: 5
Monumented in concrete about 1 inch above surface. A witness post immediately north proclaims "R B.M."
1/1/1935 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 3.7 MI N FROM HARTSTOWN. 3.7 MILES NORTH ALONG THE BESSEMER AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD FROM THE STATION AT HARTSTOWN, 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF MILEPOST CH 38, AT A DIRT-ROAD CROSSING, 75 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD, 70 FEET EAST OF THE EAST RAIL, 44 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER POST OF A PASTURE FENCE, 3 FEET WEST OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCE, AND ABOUT 6 FEET LOWER THAN THE TRACK. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED D 61 1935 AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING ABOUT 4 INCHES ABOVE GROUND.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: D-61 1935
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: CRAWFORD
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: MB 0015
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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