LX0675: V 15 1935 (USC&GS/NGS, New Milford, CT)
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N 41° 36.685 W 073° 26.867
18T E 629331 N 4607797
A USC&GS standard bench mark disk, located in New Milford, CT.
The NGS PID# is LX0675.
Waymark Code: WMN60C
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2015
Views: 2
This station, a U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey standard bench mark disk, is located in New Milford, CT, along the Housatonic Railroad. It is set in a large rock ledge outcrop off the east side of the railway bed:
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 3.3 MI S FROM GAYLORDSVILLE. 0.8 MILE NORTH ALONG THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD FROM BOARDMANS BRIDGE, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, 3.3 MILES SOUTH OF GAYLORDSVILLE, 200 FEET NORTH OF CROSSING 48.24, 120 FEET EAST OF THE EAST RAIL, 33 FEET NORTH OF A STREAM, 7 FEET NORTH OF A 16-INCH HICKORY TREE, IN THE SOUTH END OF A 7-BY 20-FOOT ROCK LEDGE, AND 8 FEET HIGHER THAN THE RAIL. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED V 15 1935.
A couple changes have taken place here since the original description. First, the road that crossed the tracks at mile 48.24 used to serve a sawmill just east from the tracks. The sawmill is long gone, all that remains is a couple of rock foundations and a dam. The road has been blocked off at River Road with large boulders just west of the tracks. Crossing 48.24 no longer exists. The blocked off end of Sawmill rd is 0.5-mi north from the railroad grade crossing at River Rd. Second, the 16 inch hickory tree is now a rotten stump.
When looking eastward at the general area from the tracks, you will notice a 2-ft square box shaped opening in the ledge outcrop near the ground surface. Directly above that opening is where the disk is set. See the photo for more detail.
Use extreme caution when crossing the railroad track, it is active.
When recovering this mark, please consider logging it on both this site and the Geocaching site. Thank you.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: V 15 1935
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Litchfield
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): New Milford
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: LX0675
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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