FORT MOTT (JU3776) - Salem County, NJ - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This mark consists of a bolt inside of a one-inch pipe which projects 1 inch above the concrete parapet, and is located near the west end of the batteries. It is also roughly in-line with 2 reference marks placed for 'FORT MOTT RESET' (AA7225) 11.515 meters to the SSW.

Details from the NGS datasheet are as follows:

1/1/1900 by USE (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY US ENGINEERS 1900 STATION IS AT THE FORT MOTT RESERVATION, ON THE JERSEY SIDE OF THE DELAWARE RIVER, OPPOSITE FORT DELAWARE ON PEA PATCH ISLAND. U.S. ARMY ENGINEERS MARK IS A 3/4 INCH COPPER BOLT SET INSIDE A 1 INCH PIPE PROJECTING ABOUT 1 INCH ABOVE THE CONCRETE PARAPET ABOVE THE MAGAZINE ROOM OF BATTERY ARNOLD. IT IS 37.87 FEET N OF STATION FORT MOTT AND IS APPROXIMATELY IN LINE WITH THE TWO REFERENCE MARKS. TO REACH FROM PENNSVILLE, NEW JERSEY--BEGIN AT THE MAIN STREET INTERSECTION WHICH HAS A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND GO S ON UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 44 FOR 1.05 MILES. TURN RIGHT ON MACADAM ROAD AT ARROW MARKED FORT MOTT 3 MILES. CONTINUE 1.6 MILES AND KEEP PAVED ROAD TO LEFT. CONTINUE 0.2 MILE AND TURN RIGHT AT FORKS AT RANGE LIGHTHOUSE. CONTINUE 1.15 MILES AND TURN RIGHT INTO ENTRANCE OF FORT MOTT. PROCEED 0.2 MILE AND TURN LEFT ALONG BARRACKS. CONTINUE 0.1 MILE AND TURN LEFT AT S END OF PARADE GROUNDS. PROCEED ABOUT 100 YARDS AND TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW ALONG THE BATTERIES ABOUT 300 YARDS TO THE LAST ONE (BATTERY ARNOLD). STATION FORT MOTT IS ABOUT 50 FEET SW OF BATTERY ARNOLD ON THE PARAPET OF THE BATTERY. IT IS 18 FEET N OF THE EDGE OF AN EMBANKMENT, 13 FEET S OF THE S EDGE OF CONCRETE SLOPE WITH GUTTER, AND 63 FEET E OF THE W END OF CONCRETE STRUCTURE FORMING THE BATTERY. STATION MARK IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND.

1/1/1946 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1946 (ELJ) STATION RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION IS ADEQUATE.

1/1/1983 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1983 (JLM) ADEQUATE.

1/1/1984 by NOS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE 1984 (WVH) THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.

7/17/1994 by NJGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NEW JERSEY GEODETIC SURVEY 1994 (ECB) THE STATION IS LOCATED IN PENNSVILLE TOWNSHIP ON THE GROUNDS OF THE FORT MOTT STATE PARK, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE KILLCOHOOK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 295 AND STATE ROUTE 49 AT INTERCHANGE 1A, GO EAST ON STATE ROUTE 49 FOR 3.5 MI (5.6 KM) TO THE TEE INTERSECTION WITH FORT MOTT ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 630, ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO 1.9 MI (3.1 KM) TO A STOP SIGN AT A TEE INTERSECTION. TURN RIGHT AND GO 1.2 MI (1.9 KM) TO THE ENTRANCE DRIVE LEADING TO FORT MOTT STATE PARK ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND GO 0.1 MI (0.2 KM) TO A WOOD GATE MARKED OFFICIAL VEHICLES ONLY. PASS THROUGH THE GATE AND FOLLOW THE PARK ROAD TO A TEE ROAD JUNCTION ON THE LEFT, JUST PAST BATTERY GREGG. TURN LEFT AND GO BETWEEN BATTERY GREGG AND ANOTHER BATTERY AND FOLLOW A SAND ROAD FOR 0.3 MI (0.5 KM) TO THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. PARK TRUCK AND PACK UPHILL, CLIMBING TWO SETS OF STEPS TO THE TOP OF THE EMBANKMENT AND THE STATION ON THE RIGHT. THE STATION IS A PUNCH MARK IN A THREE QUARTER INCH COPPER BOLT SET INSIDE A 1 INCH DIAMETER METAL PIPE PROJECTING ABOUT 1 INCH ABOVE THE CONCRETE PLATFORM, DIRECTLY ABOVE THE MAGAZINE ROOM OF BATTERY ARNOLD.

10/4/1994 by NJGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NEW JERSEY GEODETIC SURVEY 1994 (ECB) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: FORT MOTT Benchmark Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Monumentation type: Bolt County: Salem County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Delaware City 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: JU3776 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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