NOS 1551A
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Shorelander
N 42° 39.521 W 070° 36.901
19T E 367634 N 4724177
A National Ocean Service disk on T Wharf in Rockport, Massachusetts.
Waymark Code: WM1GAR
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
Views: 28

This mark is along the north side of T Wharf in Rockport, MA. The NOAA Tides & Currents description reads:

"The bench mark is a disk set in a 0.30 m x 0.40 m (1.0 ft x 1.3 ft) concrete base along the north edge of the T-wharf, 25.30 m (83.0 ft) NW of the entrance to Sandy Bay Yacht Club, 17.01 m (55.8 ft) WSW of the NE interior corner of the T-wharf, 0.61 m (2.0 ft) NW of telephone pole #189, and 0.15 m (0.5 ft) above the asphalt pavement."

VIM #11828.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 1551A 1992

Benchmark Agency: National Ocean Service

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Essex

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Rockport

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from an online local database were used

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (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

NGS PID: Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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