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Category: Point of the Week

First Flight - PID DK3518

FIRST FLIGHT is a "D" stability mark and might be difficult to determine the leveled high point.
Several other marks in the area are more appropriate for vertical control; Q 168 is a first order leveled benchmark. WILBER is a 2nd order mark located near the entrance to the park.

Datasheet: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=DK3518
Photo: photo.JPG

MAUD - 1937

Interesting CCR's

NGS Point at Statue of Liberty

After all of the 9/11 anniversary shows on TV tonight, I jumped on Google Earth to check out NYC. I then ended up remembering to look up a survey disk I found on the Statue of Liberty in January, so went to NGS’ website and did a coordinate search on Liberty Island but didn’t find my disk described. I did find the attached datasheet (PIDKV4410.pdf) and loved the 1980 Recovery Note by NOS, check it out…

My blurry pic (DSCN2500.JPG) of the disk I was looking for is also attached. It was stamped “United States Harbor Line Reference Mark” and was on the upper portion of the pedestal (as high as you can go without going to the torch, about 8-10 stories high), Southernmost corner I believe.

-chris mclaughlin

Know your Monument!

If you found this monument, who set it?

What is the history in a monument and why is it important to know who set it?

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Control Point Mack in Palm Beach County

USGS TT 70 BBS

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Do you know why the monument is stamped “BBS”?
Do you know what the “TT” stands for?

HUMP 003 - Monument

Mr. Strickland found this monument about a month ago even though the last entrance in 1999 says mark not found.

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FCE151

T41 R37 S11 NE Corner

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EUCCA

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Found by Mr. Art Hollin SFWMD in the Kissimmee River Valley Area