24 ETL

Coordinates: N 41.647063° W 75.703484° (estimate)
Location: Pennsylvania
   Susquehanna County
      Lenoxville Quad
Elevation: 836.640 ft.
Type: Bench Mark Disk
Setting: Bridge Abutment
Monumented: 1942
Monumented By: USGS
Status: Not Found
Condition: Unknown (Not Found) as of August 1, 2014
  • Official USGS Description: Glenwood, 1.0 mi NE. of;, along rd. to Lenoxville; 135 ft S. of junction of rd. S. to Fleetville; in top of NW. abutment of 90-ft bridge over East Branch of Tunkhannock Creek; standard tablet stamped “24 ETL 1942”
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I thought this would be a straightforward find, especially when I saw a USGS disk on the northwest abutment of the bridge as we drove by. But the disk currently set on the bridge is not stamped 24 ETL; it’s in fact stamped only “RESET 1950.” I assume that it is a reset of 24 ETL, but I can’t be certain. I’ll mark 24 ETL as Not Found, probably replaced by “RESET 1950.”

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