AI8357 - 841 0140 L TIDAL - Eastport, ME - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This tidal bench mark disk from the National Ocean Service (NOS) is located in Eastport, Maine along Water Street in the top of a concrete retaining wall on the north side of the inshore end of the city pier. It is also 16 feet south-east of a tall fisherman statue. The disk was found in a good condition, it has a circle with a line in the middle and its stamping is 0140 L 1990. Its designation is 841 0140 L TIDAL. The station is listed in the NGS database and it is listed in the NOS database.

This is the original description taken from the NOS datasheet which is still accurate:

The bench mark is a disk set in a concrete retaining wall on the north side of the inshore end of the City Pier, 9.63 m (31.6 ft) NE of a cast iron lamp pole, 3.35 m (11.0 ft) north of the centerline of the pavement leading to the tide house, and 0.15 m (0.5 ft) south of the north face of the northernmost abutment at the west end of the pier.

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Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: 841 0140 L TIDAL Benchmark Agency: National Ocean Service Monumentation type: TIDAL STATION Disk County: Washington County, Maine USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Eastport Quad Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: AI8357 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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