MZ1708 ~ Reference Mark No. 2 - Holyoke, MA
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neoc1
N 42° 12.477 W 072° 36.571
18T E 697333 N 4675631
Reference mark number 2 for benchmark MZ1708 is located on Chestnut Street on the curb by the fence in front of the Holyoke Post Office
Waymark Code: WMHAZA
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2013
Published By:
C4A
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Details for Benchmark: MZ1708
Documented History (by the NGS)
01/01/1938 by MAGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY 1938 THIS IS AN OCCUPIED SECOND-ORDER STATION LOCATED IN THE LAWN AT THE E CORNER OF THE HOLYOKE POST OFFICE, IN THE W CORNER OF CHESTNUT AND DWIGHT STREETS IN THE E CENTRAL PART OF HOLYOKE. STATION IS 13.4 FEET SW FROM FACE OF LAWN CURBING ON DWIGHT STREET AND 11.9 FEET NW OF FACE OF LAWN CURBING ON CHESTNUT STREET. STATION IS MARKED BY A STATE SURVEY STANDARD TRIANGULATION DISK, STAMPED HOLYOKE, 1938 MGS SET IN A CONCRETE MONUMENT. REFERENCE MARKS, TWO STATE SURVEY STANDARD REFERENCE MARK DISKS, STAMPED HOLYOKE, 1938 MGS NO.1 AND NO.2
RESPECTIVELY WERE SET AND LOCATED FROM STATION AS FOLLOWS-- REFERENCE MARK NO.1, IN CURB OF AREAWAY NEAR E CORNER OF POST OFFICE, 18.91 FEET, IN GEODETIC AZIMUTH 112 DEG 26 MIN 45 SEC. REFERENCE MARK NO.2 SET IN LAWN CURB ON CHESTNUT STREET, 21.71 FEET, IN GEODETIC AZIMUTH 03 DEG 39 MIN 20 SEC. REFERENCE MARK NO.1 TO REFERENCE MARK NO.2 IS 33.06 FEET. HOLYOKE, SACRED HEART CHURCH, SPIRE IS IN GEODETIC AZIMUTH 31 DEG 31 MIN 07 SEC. A 90-FOOT TOWER WAS USED IN 1938.
01/01/1985 by MAGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY MASSACHUSETTS GEODETIC SURVEY 1985 (RAK) THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AT THIS DATE. THE STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARKS 1 AND 2 WERE
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE 1938 DESCRIPTION IS ADEQUATE FOR RECOVERING THE STATION. HEIGHT OF LIGHT SHOWN WAS 1.5 METERS ABOVE THE MARK.
DESCRIBED BY R.A. KELLER, MAGS.