Q 50 RESET 1944 (LY1243)
State: PA
County: Pike
Quad: Rowland
Location: N 41° 28.486' W075° 02.077'
Elevation: 696.4 ft.
Designation: Q 50 RESET 1944
Setting: Concrete Bridge Back Wall
Type: Bench Mark Disk
Year: 1944
Established By: Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Recovered: 18 May 2006
After checking on a nearby mark that we'd heard might be missing (it wasn't), Rich and I enjoyed a peaceful drive along the Lackawaxen. The coordinates for this mark were stored in his GPSr, so we decided to take a look even though we didn't have the datasheet. The mark, set into the south end of the west abutment of a small bridge, was an easy find. It is in fair condition, one edge of the disk having been pried up. The disk is still solid in its setting.
A report on the condition of this mark was submitted to NGS, along with the following recovery note:
Mark found in good condition, with the following updates to the description: the railroad is now the Lackawaxen-Stourbridge Railroad, and the creek is named Mill Creek. The mark is 6 inches below the top of the rail, 5.9 feet southeast of the centerline of the tracks and 84 feet east-northeast of the centerline of Rowland Road.
Handheld GPS WAAS-corrected coordinates for the mark are: 41 28 29.16(N) 075 02 4.62(W).
Zhanna
Erie Lackawanna Railroad Official Description, 1944 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY ERIE LACKAWANNA RAILROAD 1944 4 MI W FROM LACKAWAXEN. ABOUT 4.0 MILES WEST ALONG THE ERIE RAILROAD FROM LACKAWAXEN, PIKE COUNTY, AT ROWLAND, ABOUT 100 FEET EAST OF A ROAD CROSSING, AT MILEAST 113.91, AT A DECK PLATE-GIRDER BRIDGE OVER BRINKS CREEK, AND IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTH END OF THE WEST CONCRETE BACK WALL. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED Q 50 RESET 1944.
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...LY1243, Pike County, PAN 41° 28.486' W 075° 02.077' |
...Eyelevel view of mark on bridge headwall. |
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...Looking NE at the bridge, mark indicated. |
...Looking E from the road crossing, mark indicated. |
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