TEDY (LY2668)

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State: PA
County: Pike
Quad: Narrowsburg
Location: N 41° 30.113' W075° 06.141'
Elevation: 1362 ft.
Designation: TEDY 1940
Setting: Square Concrete Monument
Type: Triangulation Station
Year: 1940
Established By: NGS
Searched For: 18 May 2006

Status: Station Mark and Reference Mark 1 Not Found, Reference Mark 2 Found Damaged.

While in Pike County on a mission to check on Z 235 (LY1235), Rich and I decided to look for TEDY. We were expecting an easy and interesting find because our maps indicated that this mark lies within "Forest Lake Park." To our disappointment and slight confusion, when we arrived we discovered that the park is no longer a park (or at least is not publicly accessible), and that this stretch along the highway is currently undergoing construction.

Coordinates for the station mark took us directly on top of a high bank of fill between the highway and construction trailers. The mark may well still exist, but it is completely inaccessible at the moment. We believe we found the boulder that once held RM1, but no mark was evident. Either it is buried, or the part of the boulder holding the mark has been broken off. RM2 was found, but the concrete monument into which it is set is damaged. It looks to have been hit by a plow or other heavy equipment and now lies at an angle.

A report on the condition of this mark has been submitted to NGS, along with the following recovery note:

Mark not found. Coordinates and measurements indicate that the station lies beneath a bank of fill at a construction site along Route 590. Reference mark 1 not found. Reference mark 2 still exists, but its monument has been damaged and now lies at an angle in the ground.

Zhanna

NGS Official Description, 1940 (see datasheet for recent updates) :

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (RJS) STATION IS ABOUT 4-1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAWLEY AND 0.3 MILE SOUTH OF LITTLE LAKE TEDYUSKING ON A HIGH HILL OF ABOUT 1360 FEET ELEVATION. IT IS IN THE OPEN FIELD IN FRONT OF THE JOHN P. SIMPSON HOUSE, 60 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE HOUSE, 66 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 590. STATION MARK PROJECTS 4 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE. NOTES 1A AND 7A. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS SET IN A BOULDER PROJECTING 10 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE, 13 FEET NORTH OF CENTERLINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 590 AND 10 FEET EAST OF A 9-INCH OAK TREE. NOTE 12C. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS SET IN TOP OF A CONCRETE MONUMENT PROJECTING 8 INCHES ABOVE THE SURFACE, 4 FEET NORTHEAST OF A 24-INCH OAK AND 15 FEET NORTH OF CENTERLINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 590. NOTE 11A. TO REACH STATION FROM THE ROWLAND POST OFFICE, FOLLOW STATE HIGHWAY 590 NORTHWESTERLY FOR 3.7 MILES TO PAVED FORKS, TAKE LEFT FORK (STATE HIGHWAY 590) AND CONTINUE 0.8 MILE TO TOP OF RISE AND STATION ON RIGHT. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK - 31 METERS.