PDH
State/County/Quad: PA/Lackawanna/ScrantonLocation: N 41°24.327' W 075°39.617'
Elevation: Unknown
Designation: PDH
Setting: Bridge Abutment
Type: Bench Mark Disk
Year: Unknown
Established By: PDH
Recovered: 17 July 2005
Surprise! Out for a walk one Sunday evening at work, I wandered over to the railroad bridge over Jefferson Avenue intending to check on S 288 and poke around the Lackawanna Station Hotel. On the way I noticed a small, red-painted, boarded-up booth on the north side of the tracks that I had to investigate. Nothing too intriguing there (I assume it was an old ticket booth of some kind), but as soon as I turned around I spotted a familiar blue-green disk on the northwest corner of the bridge abutment. It's yet another unstamped PDH disk. It has no stamping, and I'm unable to find a datasheet for this mark, so its designation and date remain unknown.
PDH Official Description :
Official description unavailable.
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...Typical unstamped PDH disk. |
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...Eyelevel view of the disk on the bridge abutment. |
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...Looking west across the bridge toward the old Lackawanna Railroad Station (now a hotel) and the mark (indicated). The bridge crosses Route 307. The date "1969" is stamped into the concrete retaining wall adjacent to the mark. |
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...Looking south toward the tracks and pedestrian crossing. The sky just begins to clear after an evening rain shower. |
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...One of the trains currently "parked" on the bridge. |