MDP CORNER RM 1 - Chester County, PA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This RM sits in the middle of a path leading S from a clearing in the White Clay State Park, down to a ravine & the 3-state tri-point. The disk is set in a square concrete monument which projects about 6 inches.

Information from the datasheet for the main station relating to RM 1 is as follows:



DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (JB)

REFERENCE MARK NO.1 IS 46.481 METERS (152.50 FEET) N OF THE STATION AND 0.5 FOOT S OF FENCE LINE.



RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961 (RWT)

REFERENCE MARK 1, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED M.D.P. CORNER NO 1 1935, IS CEMENTED IN TOP OF A SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT WHICH PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND SURFACE AND DESCRIBED. IT IS 232.0 FEET NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE CREEK BED AND ABOUT 13.0 FEET HIGHER THAN THE STATION MARK.

TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN NEWARK. GO WEST ON MAIN STREET FOR 0.4 MILE TO A TRIPLE FORKS AT A RAILROAD CROSSING, KEEP THE EXTREME RIGHT FORK, STATE HIGHWAY 896 AND GO NORTHWEST FOR 3.5 MILES TO THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE AND THE AZIMUTH MARK LOCATED ON THE RIGHT. CONTINUE NORTH FOR 0.05 MILE TO A FIELD ROAD RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND CROSS A FIELD FOR 0.10 MILE THEN BEAR RIGHT DOWN THE HILL FOR ABOUT 0.05 MILE TO THE EDGE OF THE TIMBER AND THE STATION AS DESCRIBED.



RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1979 (RGP)

STATION RECOVERED AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.



RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2008 (EK)

STATION, REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AND AS DESCRIBED.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: MDP CORNER No 1 - 1935 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk County: Chester USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Newark West - DE/MD/PA 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: JU3824 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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