TT 2 H

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State: PA
County: Lackawanna
Quad: Scranton
Location: N 41° 16.581' W075° 37.604'
Elevation: Unknown
Designation: TT 2 H 1943
Setting: Boulder
Type: Transit Traverse Station
Year: 1943
Established By: USGS
Recovered: 29 May 2005

Was this set by the same crew as TT 1 H? Notice that they're both using reference mark disks, and seem to have left their letter stamps back at the office.

USGS Official Description, 1943:

Moosic, 8.3 mi along hwy., rds., and trail SE. to chlorination plant of Scranton Spring Brook Water Supply Co., thence 1 mi along dim woods trail up N. side of Big Panther Creek and 1 mi along W. side of branch of Spring Brook S.; about 0.2 mi from point where foot trail enters timber at S. edge of abandoned field; 3 ft S. and 21 ft W. of 8-in. oak tree with triangular blaze; in center of foot trail; in top near center of large boulder; standard tablet stamped "TT 2 H 1943"

Plane Coordinates (feet)   Latitude Longitude
X = 2,583,452 Y = 411,421   41 16 34.52 -75 37 37.82


USGS Transit Traverse Station TT 2 H

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USGS Transit Traverse Station TT 2 H

N 41° 16.581' W075° 37.604'

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Eyelevel view of the disk set in a large boulder nearly flush with the ground.
Eyelevel view of the disk set in a large boulder nearly flush with the ground.
Looking N, downhill along the trail. The boulder is right in the center of the trail.

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Looking N, downhill along the trail. The boulder is right in the center of the trail.

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