RICHARDSON (PE1904)
State: ME
County: Hancock
Quad: Southwest Harbor
Location: N 44° 21.489' W068° 18.122'
Elevation: 151 ft.
Designation: RICHARDSON
Setting: Rock Ledge
Type: Triangulation Station
Year: 1870
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 26 June 2006
This was to be the final survey mark find of our 2006 vacation in Acadia. After a lovely morning and afternoon spent wandering in downtown Bar Harbor, hiking around Jordan Pond, and visiting the azalea gardens, we decided one more tri-station was in order. Rich had already found this tri-station and both reference marks last year, so only one of us needed to find and photograph the marks this time (this was fortunate; the area was so buggy I'm glad we could wrap up the recovery quickly). Rich's assistance was very much appreciated. We found all marks to be in fine condition, and to match the datasheet's 1934 recovery note. This area is now wooded, very different from the pasture lands mentioned in 1870. The woods road (now called Stanley Mountain Road) is now paved.
A report on the condition of these marks was submitted to NGS, along with the following recovery note:
The station mark and both reference marks were recovered in good condition, as described in the 1934 recovery. Note that the woods road is named Stanley Mountain Road.
Zhanna
NGS Official Description, 1870 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1870 (GAF) ON A HILL ON THE E SIDE OF SOMES SOUNDS, ABOUT 1 MILE ABOVE SARGENT POINT AND THE SAME DISTANCE E OF SQUANTUM POINT. THE STATION IS ON A LEDGE IN MARTIN RICHARDSONS PASTURE AND JUST TO THE SE OF HIS HOUSE, AND 11 FEET SE OF A LARGE BOULDER. TO THE EASTWARD THE LAND IS MUCH HIGHER. THE STATION MARK IS A COPPER BOLT SET IN A HOLE IN A ROCK.
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...PE1904, Hancock County, MEN 44° 21.493' W 068° 18.120' |
...Eyelevel view of the station disk on bedrock. |
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...Looking NNE toward the 5-foot high boulder mentioned in the description. |
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...PE1904 RM1, Hancock County, MEN 44° 21.483' W068° 18.103' |
...Eyelevel view of the disk on the rock ledge. |
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...Looking NE toward the station, where Rich kneels. |
...The large outcropping ledge into which RM1 is set. |
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...PE1904 RM2, Hancock County, MEN 44° 21.492' W068° 18.122' |
...Eyelevel view of the disk on the rock ledge. |
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...Looking SE toward the station, which Rich indicates. |
...The ledge and 5-foot square notch. |
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