OE1950: W 10 - Oneida Castle NY - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This mark was originally on the second step but during construction of the new steps, it was reset by the contracted in the approximate same location. See OE1953 for the explanation. (visit link)

1942/01/01 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (PLB) THIS TRAVERSE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE STEPS OF THE VILLAGE HALL IN ONEIDA CASTLE WHICH IS ABOUT 1 MILE S OF ONEIDA. MARK IS LOCATED ON THE S END OF THE SECOND STEP OF THE VILLAGE HALL ON STATE STREET. MARK, WHICH IS A BRONZE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BENCH MARK, IS STAMPED W 10 1940 458. STATION WAS CONNECTED TO TRIANGULATION STATION CASTLE BY TRAVERSE.

Condition: Mark found in poor condition Designation: W 10 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey Benchmark Agency (if other): n/a Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk Monumentation type (if other): n/a County: Oneida County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Oneida Special Category (if other): n/a 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: OE1950 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Special category (optional): Not listed

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