JU3846 MD DEL Bdry Intersec Stone 2 -- Elkton MD - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

A historic survey stone and benchmark on board Stine Labs in Elkton MD. In order to visit this stone, you must have an appointment and an escort. This stone is located in the jogging area behind a wooden fence. The original Mason-Dixon boundary stone is laying on its side near this 1849 boundary reset stone. HOW COOL IS THAT?

The "prism" stone is a triangular shape marking the three state boundaries of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. On the PA side the marker is engraved as follows:

"P

Refixed by
G. S. Key, of M
P. Eyre, of P
R. Riddell, of. D
Commissioners
1849"


From the NGS Datasheet: (visit link)

"JU3846 DESIGNATION - MD DEL BDRY INTERSEC STONE 2
JU3846 PID - JU3846
JU3846 STATE/COUNTY- MD/CECIL
JU3846 COUNTRY - US
JU3846 USGS QUAD - NEWARK WEST (1992)
JU3846
JU3846 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
JU3846 ______________________________________________________________________
JU3846* NAD 83(1991) POSITION- 39 40 13.43282(N) 075 47 18.95698(W) ADJUSTED
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JU3846
JU3846_MARKER: V = STONE MONUMENT
JU3846_SETTING: 0 = UNSPECIFIED SETTING
JU3846_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY
JU3846_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
JU3846+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - September 25, 2010
JU3846
JU3846 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
JU3846 HISTORY - 1961 MONUMENTED CGS
JU3846 HISTORY - 20100925 GOOD GEOCAC
JU3846
JU3846 STATION DESCRIPTION
JU3846
JU3846'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961 (RWT)
JU3846'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 2.0 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWARK,
JU3846'DELAWARE, 2.0 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ELK MILLS, MARYLAND AND ON
JU3846'PROPERTY OF THE I.E. DUPONT AND COMPANY INCORPORATED STINE
JU3846'LABORATORY. IT IS A 12-INCH TRIANGULAR PRISM STONE OF GRANITE
JU3846'SET BY GRAHM IN 1849 IN PLACE OF UNMARKED MONUMENT DESCRIBED
JU3846'IMMEDIATELY ABOVE. ALL EDGES CHIPPED BUT MONUMENT FIRM AND
JU3846'UPRIGHT.
JU3846'
JU3846'A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE TO TRIANGULATION STATION PRISM,
JU3846'DISTANCE BEING 21.049 METERS SOUTHEAST OF STATION PRISM. THE
JU3846'STONE PROJECTS ABOUT 40 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND AND
JU3846'IS PROTECTED BY A POLE INCLOSURE. IT IS 69.8 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
JU3846'OF A STANDARD METAL WITNESS POST AND MARKER.
JU3846
JU3846 STATION RECOVERY (2010)
JU3846
JU3846'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2010 (LPC)
JU3846'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: -blank- Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: other (not any of the below) Monumentation type (if other): Stone Monument County: Cecil Co. MD USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Newark West 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: JU3846 Benchmark Agency (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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