LX6647 - Bushnell Park, Hartford, CT
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member CraigInCT
N 41° 45.849 W 072° 40.937
18T E 692660 N 4626186
On top of the Connecticut State Capital Building
Waymark Code: WM41GA
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
Views: 34
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A very easy Benchmark to find. You can see it from miles around. Its the tip of the spire, on top of the gold dome thats sits on the Connecticut State Capital. The capital is in Bushnell Park, downtown Hartford. The only benchmark in Bushnell Park.

The original setting, a Head of Victory, has been replaced with a different spire.

The most recent NGS note is:
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1978 (GEL) THE STATION IS THE TOP CENTER OF THE HARTFORD CAPITOL SPIRE THE BUILDING IS A MASSIVE STRUCTURE OF GRAY STONE AND AND APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET IN HEIGHT. IT IS ON PROPERTY OWNED BY THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT AND IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CAPITOL AVENUE AND NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE SQUARE IN THE CENTER OF HARTFORD. THE STATION WAS PREVIOUSLY LISTED AS HARTFORD CAPITOL HEAD OF VICTORY.

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Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Spire

County: Hartford

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Hartford North

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: LX6647

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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