HARTMAN (MB1972) - Mercer County, PA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Triangulation Station is located at Rocky Ridge Cemetery on North State Line Road in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The disk is stamped "HARTMAN -- 1928" and is set in a concrete post. There were originally two Reference Marks, one of which can still be found in the cemetery. The datasheet includes the following descriptions:

1928:
STATION IS ABOUT 6 MILES SE OF KINSMAN, OHIO, ON LAND BELONGING TO C.H. HARTMAN. STATION IS ON S SIDE OF ROCKY RIDGE CEMETERY, BETWEEN FENCE AND A ROW OF APPLE TREES. STATION AND REFERENCE MARKS ARE STANDARD DISKS SET IN CONCRETE.

REACHED FROM KINSMAN BY FOLLOWING MERCER ROAD 4 MILES TO 1/4 MILE E OF STATE LINE, THENCE S 1-1/2 MILES TO THE CEMETERY.

1937:
STATION FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. ALL REFERENCE MARKS RECOVERED. NEW AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD DISK OF PA. STATE COORDINATE SYSTEM, STAMPED HARTMAN 1928, SET IN A SANDSTONE POST IN FENCE LINE ON SIDE OF ROAD, 1/4 MILE E OF C.H. HARTMANS FARM BUILDINGS. MARK IS APPROXIMATELY 1 BY 8 FEET PROJECTING 0.2 FOOT. A SECOND-ORDER TRAVERSE WAS RUN TO O-P MILEPOST NO. 39.TO REACH GO FROM GREENVILLE ALONG HIGHWAY 358 A DISTANCE OF 6.3 MILES, THENCE N ON DIRT ROAD 0.2 MILE E OF OHIO-PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE A DISTANCE OF 0.4 MILE.

1960:
THE STATION AND ALL MARKS WERE RECOVERED AND FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. THE PROPERTY IS NOW OWNED BY MRS. FLORENCE LAWRENCE. A COMPLETE NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS- STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE, ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN, ABOUT 0.5 MILE EAST OF THE PENNA-OHIO STATE LINE, AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ROCKY RIDGE CEMETERY. IT IS ABOUT 425 FEET EAST OF THE NORTH-SOUTH ROAD PASSING THE CEMETERY, 52 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH DRIVE THROUGH THE CEMETERY, AND ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE HEDGE ROW DIVIDING THE CEMETERY FROM THE PROPERTY OF MRS. LAWRENCE. THE MARK PROJECTS 6 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED HARTMAN 1928.

2008
THE STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARK 2 ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE CONCRETE POST FOR REFERENCE MARK 2 NOW PROJECTS 0.6 FOOT. REFERENCE MARK 1 AND THE AZIMUTH WERE SEARCHED FOR AND NOT FOUND. ADD TO DESCRIPTION, THE NORTH-SOUTH ROAD IS NORTH STATE LINE ROAD AND THE HEDGE ROW BETWEEN THE CEMETERY AND THE FIELD IS GONE. THE WIRE FENCE, RAIL FENCE, AND EAST-WEST LANE NEAR REFERENCE MARK 1 ARE ALSO GONE.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: HARTMAN Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: Mercer County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Kinsman 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: MB1972 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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