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 Hopewell A - Prince George Co., VA Posted by:  archway
N 37° 18.239 W 077° 13.402
18S E 302950 N 4130912
Benchmark disk located near the Richard Bland burial site. PID GV1804
Waymark Code: WM82JV
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2010
Views: 7
The datasheet for Hopewell A describes the location as follows:
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942
3.4 MI SE FROM HOPEWELL. 3.4 MILES SOUTHEAST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 10 FROM THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY STATION AT HOPEWELL, PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, THENCE 1.2 MILES NORTH ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 36, AT THE HOPEWELL AIRPORT, AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE FIELD, 160 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE OFFICE, 54 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 5 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF AN IRON-PIPE FENCE, AND 0.8 FOOT EAST OF A WHITE WOODEN WITNESS POST. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED HOPEWELL A 1942 AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST.
The mark is readily accessible, but the Hopewell airport, the office, and the witness post no longer exist. The area in now a residential neighborhood called Jordan on the James. The mark is located at the northwest corner of the Richard Bland burial site, a few feet outside the fenced area.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Hopewell A 1942
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Prince George County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): WESTOVER
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: GV1804
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (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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