LAUREL RM 1 - Port Jervis, NY - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This Reference Mark is located at the S end of the Laurel Grove Cemetery and is near one of the concrete piers for the westbound bridge of I-84. Relevant details from the datasheet for its main station (LAUREL - LY2616) are highlighted below:

1/1/1942 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (GWL)
STATION IS AT THE SW END OF A PENINSULA BETWEEN THE NEVERSINK RIVER AND THE DELAWARE RIVER AT THE SW EDGE OF LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY, IN THE SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF PORT JERVIS. IT IS AT THE POINT WHERE THE ROAD THROUGH THE CEMETERY CURVES AROUND THE SOUTHERNMOST END OF THE CEMETERY. IT IS ABOUT 20 FEET S OF THE ROAD AND ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN THE BANKS OF THE TWO RIVERS AND 25 FEET NE OF THE TRI STATE MARKER WITNESS MONUMENT. IT PROJECTS ABOUT 4 INCHES AND IS STAMPED LAUREL 1942.

SURFACE, UNDERGROUND, AND REFERENCE MARK NO.1 ARE BRONZE DISKS SET IN CONCRETE, AS DESCRIBED IN NOTES 1A, 7A, AND 11A.

REFERENCE MARK NO.1 IS NW OF THE STATION, ABOUT 10 FEET W OF THE CENTER OF THE ROAD AT THE W SIDE OF THE CEMETERY. IT PROJECTS ABOUT 2 INCHES AND IS STAMPED LAUREL NO.1 1942.

REFERENCE MARK NO.2 IS A BRONZE DISK SET IN THE TOP CENTER OF THE TRI STATE MONUMENT WHICH MARKS THE CORNER OF THE STATES OF NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. IT IS A GRANITE MONUMENT ABOUT 2 BY 3 FEET AND PROJECTS ABOUT 3 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND AND IS LOCATED AT THE WATERS EDGE. THE TOP OF THE MONUMENT HAS LINES SHOWING THE THREE STATES AND THE LETTERS N.Y., N.J. AND PENN. THE DISK IS STAMPED LAUREL NO.2 1942.

TRIANGULATION STATION PT. PETER WILL SERVE AS A SUITABLE AZIMUTH MARK.

A 50-FOOT TOWER WILL SEE A 4-FOOT LIGHT AT QUICK (N.J.G.S.).

A 50-FOOT TOWER WILL SEE A 4-FOOT LIGHT AT PT. PETER.

A 90-FOOT TOWER WILL SEE A 77-FOOT LIGHT AT MINISINK.

A 77-FOOT TOWER WILL SEE A 4-FOOT LIGHT AT HIGH POINT 1881.

HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 26 METERS.


1/1/1942 by CGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.


1/1/1959 by CGS (SEE DESCRIPTION)

RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (CGS)
THE STATION MARK, REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2 WERE RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED AND FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. A DIFFERENCE OF 0.036 METERS IN THE MEASUREMENT AND AN 04 MINUTE IN THE DIRECTION WAS NOTED IN THE CHECK ON REFERENCE MARK 1. A DIFFERENCE OF 0.054 METERS IN THE MEASUREMENT AND AN 01 MINUTE WAS NOTED IN THE CHECK TO REFERENCE MARK 2. A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE TO REACH IS AS FOLLOWS--

TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 6 AND 209 AND STATE HIGHWAYS 42 AND 97 AT THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PIKE STREETS IN PORT JERVIS. GO SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ON U.S. HIGHWAYS 6 AND 209 FOR 0.25 MILE TO THEIR JUNCTION. KEEP RIGHT ON U.S. HIGHWAY 6 FOR 0.95 MILE TO AN UNDERPASS. CONTINUE ON U.S. HIGHWAY 6 FOR 0.12 MILE TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY. TURN RIGHT INTO THE CEMETERY AND GO SOUTHWEST ON A GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.4 MILE TO THE EXTREME END OF THE PENNINSULA AND STATION. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 27 METERS.


1/1/1973 by NJGS (SEE DESCRIPTION)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NEW JERSEY GEODETIC SURVEY 1973
LAUREL - (STATION) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

R.M. 1 AND 2 LAUREL RECOVERED
R.M. 1 LAUREL - SOIL IS BEING WASHED AWAY AROUND MONUMENT.

R.M. 2 IS ALSO TRI-STATE ROCK.
4/29/1991 by NJGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NEW JERSEY GEODETIC SURVEY 1991 THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF PORT JERVIS, NEW YORK, AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY, ON A PENNINSULA OF LAND BETWEEN THE NEVERSINK AND THE DELAWARE RIVERS. THE STATION IS 25.25 FT (7.70 M) AND AT A COMPASS BEARING OF NORTH 80 DEGREES WEST FROM A NEW JERSEY NEW YORK BOUNDARY MONUMENT, THAT SERVES AS A WITNESS TO STATION TRI STATES. THE STATION IS A STANDARD TRIANGULATION STATION DISK, STAMPED LAUREL 1942, AND SET INTO THE TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT PROJECTS 10 CM ABOVE THE GROUND.

Condition: Mark found in poor condition Designation: LAUREL NO. 2 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk County: Orange County, NY USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Port Jervis South 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: LY2611 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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