Astronomic Station Pier - Harrisburg, PA - U.S. Historic Survey Stones and Monuments on Waymarking.com

This pier was monumented in 1877 and includes the latitude & longitude of its location in Degrees/Minutes/Seconds although the latitude is hard to read due to a horizontal gouge on the face of the stone.

The monument is mentioned in the NGS datasheet for PID #KW0854 (Disk 'L 3' - which is seated in the SE quadrant of the top of the pier) as an Astronomic Station Pier - see text below:

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1966

0.5 MI NW FROM HARRISBURG. ABOUT 0.2 MILE NORTH ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD FROM THE STATION AT HARRISBURG, THENCE 0.3 MILE SOUTHWEST ALONG WALNUT STREET TO THE INTERSECTION OF WALNUT STREET AND 4TH STREET, THENCE ABOUT 112 YARDS WEST TO THE CENTER OF STATE PARK AND THE MEXICAN MONUMENT ON THE CAPITAL GROUNDS, SET IN THE TOP OF AN 18- BY 24-INCH SANDSTONE ASTRONOMIC STATION PIER, 368 FEET SOUTHEAST OF BENCH MARK 364 (USGS), 187 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CURB OF WALNUT STREET, 21 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE BASE OF THE MONUMENT, AND ABOUT 3.5 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND.

As mentioned in the above description, this stone is located in the public grounds S of the State Capitol and N of the intersection of N 3rd St & Walnut St.

Monumentation Type: Stone post Monument Category: other (not included below) Monument Category (if other): Astronomic Station Pier Accessible to general public: yes County: Dauphin USGS Quad: Harrisburg West Approximate date of monument: 09/01/1877 Monumentation Type (if other): Not listed Explain Non-Public access: Not listed Historical significance: Not listed Monument Website: Not listed NGS PID: Not listed Other Coordinates: Not Listed Other Coordinates details: Not listed

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