NGS PID# MY3679 - BEAR HILL RESET - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

MY3679'DESCRIBED BY MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY 1938
MY3679'THIS IS AN OCCUPIED FIRST-ORDER STATION LOCATED IN A
MY3679'DEPRESSION IN PROMINENT LEDGE ON SUMMIT OF BEAR HILL, ABOUT 0.25
MY3679'MILE S OF THE 2-STORY HOUSE OF MR. PANGRASSI WHICH IS SITUATED
MY3679'ON THE S SIDE OF CENTRAL STREET ABOUT 0.6 MILE E OF MILFORD
MY3679'RAILROAD STATION, IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF MILFORD, AND IS ABOUT
MY3679'40 FEET, S 40 DEG E FROM A LARGE WHITE BOULDER IN LINE WITH
MY3679'MOUNT WACHUSETT, 43 PACES (132 FEET) S OF A POST SET IN A PILE
MY3679'OF STONES, POSSIBLY A PROPERTY CORNER, AND 877 FEET S OF A FENCE
MY3679'CORNER WHICH IS 535 FEET (PACED) S OF CENTRAL STREET. THIS
MY3679'FENCE IS BUILT IN THREE SECTIONS, THE CENTER ONE BEING A
MY3679'STONE WALL AND THE END PORTIONS WIRE, AND IT STARTS AT
MY3679'CENTRAL STREET BETWEEN MR. PANGRASSIS HOUSE AND AN OLD FARM
MY3679'ROAD. THE CENTER OF THE ROAD IS 24 FEET E OF MASSACHUSETTS
MY3679'GEODETIC SURVEY TRAVERSE STATION 17 A, WHICH IS MARKED BY
MY3679'A STATE SURVEY STANDARD DISK SET IN A GRANITE BOULDER.
MY3679'
MY3679'STATION IS MARKED BY A STATE SURVEY STANDARD TRIANGULATION DISK,
MY3679'STAMPED BEAR HILL, 1887-1938 SET BY THE MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC
MY3679'SURVEY IN 1938 IN 1-INCH DRILL HOLE ORIGINALLY MARKING THE
MY3679'MASSACHUSETTS STATE STATION BEAR HILL.
MY3679'
MY3679'REFERENCE MARKS, THREE COPPER RIVETS WITHIN CHISELED SQUARES,
MY3679'WITH ARROWS, IN BOULDERS WERE SET BY THE MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC
MY3679'SURVEY IN 1938, AND LOCATED FROM STATION AS FOLLOWS--
MY3679'
MY3679'REFERENCE MARK NO.1, 35.65 FEET, IN GEODETIC AZIMUTH 172 DEG 18
MY3679'MIN 11 SEC.
MY3679'
MY3679'REFERENCE MARK NO.2, 63.62 FEET, IN GEODETIC AZIMUTH 354 DEG
MY3679'48 MIN 13 SEC.
MY3679'
MY3679'REFERENCE MARK NO.3, 24.46 FEET, IN GEODETIC AZIMUTH 88 DEG 19
MY3679'MIN 53 SEC.
MY3679'
MY3679'REFERENCE MARK NO.1 TO REFERENCE MARK NO.3, 41.07 FEET.
MY3679'
MY3679'REFERENCE MARK NO.2 TO REFERENCE MARK NO.3, 69.64 FEET.
MY3679'
MY3679'TO REACH STATION FROM MILFORD RAILROAD STATION, FOLLOW CENTRAL
MY3679'STREET E 0.4 MILE TO A FORK AND CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD (RIGHT)
MY3679'FOR 0.2 MILE TO TOP OF HILL AND MR. PANGRASSIS HOUSE, NO.299, ON
MY3679'RIGHT. BETWEEN TRAVERSE STATION AND FENCE MENTIONED ABOVE, AN
MY3679'OLD FARM ROAD LEADS SOUTHERLY THROUGH THE PANGRASSI PROPERTY,
MY3679'ABOUT 0.3 MILE TO WITHIN 200 FEET OF STATION.
MY3679'
MY3679'VIEW FROM GROUND COMPLETELY OBSCURED BY TREES. IN 1939 A 90-FOOT
MY3679'TOWER WAS USED. THE KUPELIAN-BEAR HILL LINE CAN ONLY BE SEEN
MY3679'WITH A 90-FOOT TOWER AT EACH END.
MY3679
MY3679 STATION RECOVERY (2005)
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MY3679'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2005 (DKA)
MY3679'FOUND STATION AND RM2 IN GOOD CONDITION. RM'S 1 AND 3 WERE DESTROYED
MY3679'WHEN A WATER TANK WAS ERECTED FROM WHAT I CAN FIGURE.
MY3679
MY3679 STATION RECOVERY (2011)
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MY3679'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2011 (JU)
MY3679'STATION AND RM2 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
MY3679'RM1 AND RM3 MUST HAVE BEEN DESTROYED WHEN THEY EXCAVATED FOR A WATER
MY3679'TANK.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: BEAR HILL - 1887-1938 Benchmark Agency: Not listed Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: WORCESTER USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): MILFORD 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: MY3679 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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