NGS PID# MY3795 / RICE HILL
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Ganuman
N 42° 22.978 W 071° 55.955
19T E 258582 N 4696464
NGS PID# MY3795 / RICE HILL FOUND MY3795 - RM#1 AND RM#3 COULD NOT FIND RM#2
Waymark Code: WMDEG6
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ChapterhouseInc
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MY3795'DESCRIBED BY MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY 1940
MY3795'THE STATION IS MARKED BY A MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
MY3795'WORKS TRIANGULATION-STATION DISK, STAMPED RICE HILL 1940, SET
MY3795'IN A LEDGE ABOUT 1-1/2 FEET BELOW THE GROUND. LOCATED IN THE
MY3795'EASTERN PART OF RUTLAND ON THE SUMMIT OF RICE HILL, ABOUT 1-1/4
MY3795'MILES ENE OF THE CENTER. A PAIR OF LARGE WATER TANKS SURROUNDED
MY3795'BY A CHAIN-LINK FENCE ARE ALSO LOCATED AT THE SUMMIT. THE
MY3795'STATION IS 77.7 FEET S OF THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER, AND 40.8
MY3795'FEET W OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF THIS FENCE.
MY3795'
MY3795'REFERENCE MARKS--THREE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
MY3795'REFERENCE-MARK DISKS SET IN ROCK AND STAMPED AS FOLLOWS--
MY3795'
MY3795'RICE HILL 1940 R. M. NO. 1.
MY3795'
MY3795'RICE HILL 1940 R. M. NO. 2.
MY3795'
MY3795'RICE HILL 1940 R. M. NO. 3.
MY3795'
MY3795'AZIMUTH MARK--PAXTON RADIO MAST (TALLER) 1940.
MY3795'
MY3795'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE COMMUNITY HALL IN THE CENTER OF
MY3795'RUTLAND, FOLLOW ROUTE 122A EASTERLY FOR 0.8 MILE. THENCE TURN
MY3795'LEFT ON ROAD JUST BEYOND SHELL SERVICE STATION, AND DRIVE FOR
MY3795'0.2 MILE TO Y. BEAR RIGHT AT Y AND FOLLOW ROAD FOR 0.35 MILE TO
MY3795'WOODS ROAD ON RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW THIS ROAD FOR ABOUT
MY3795'500 FEET TO THE WATER TANKS AND STATION.
MY3795'
MY3795'VIEW--A 64-FOOT TOWER WAS USED FOR 1940 OBSERVATIONS.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: RICE HILL 1940

Benchmark Agency: Not listed

Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk

County: WORCESTER

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): STERLING

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

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NGS PID: MY3795

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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