26 JPN
State: PA
County: Lackawanna
Quad: Moscow
Location: N 41° 20.779' W075° 35.300'
Elevation: 1626.572 ft.
Designation: 26 JPN 1942
Setting: Masonry Bridge Headwall
Type: Bench Mark Disk
Year: 1942
Established By: USGS
Recovered: 14 July 2007
This mark was easy to find, but unfortunately it is in very poor condition. It's set into a cut stone that was once part of an old masonry culvert over a small creek. But the stone has been moved out of place and is now leaning at an angle, half on the ground and partially touching the stone beneath. The disk itself is in fine condition, but with its setting so disturbed it is useless. We had to wonder how this damage occurred.
USGS Official Description, 1942:
Scranton; 5.2 mi SE. of overhead crossing of E. & W.V. RR. over State Highway 307; 150 ft NW. of junction of hwy. and rd. S.; 36 ft SE. of hwy.; directly opposite two-story farmhouse; in SW. headwall of small masonry bridge over creek; standard tablet stamped "26 JPN 1942 1926"
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...USGS Bench Mark Disk 26 JPNN 41° 20.779' W075° 35.300' |
...Eyelevel view of the disk on the disturbed stone. |
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...Looking W toward the dark waters of the creek. |
...Looking SE along Route 307. |
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