29 JPN

Coordinates: N 41.413233° W 75.705333°
Location: Pennsylvania
   Lackawanna County
      Scranton Quad
Elevation: 836.487 ft.
Type: Bench Mark Disk
Setting: Masonry Bridge Headwall
Monumented: 1942
Monumented By: USGS
Status: Recovered
Condition: Good as of April 5, 2005
  • Official USGS Description: Scranton; at city line on S. Keyser Avenue; 240 ft N. of T-rd. W. to Milwaukee; on E. headwall of small masonry bridge over creek; standard tablet stamped “29 JPN 1942 836”. Elev. 836.487 ft.
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We found this mark on our way home from a messy encounter with Skipsp’s geocache A View of the Park at nearby McDade Park. The lot of the Open Door Baptist Church on Keyser Avenue was a convenient spot to park as it’s just south of the bridge. We could see the mark from across the street. The mark is in good condition and seems solid in its setting, though the concrete layer atop the masonry headwall is deteriorating. The stamping is clear and the disk appears almost untouched—unusual for a mark in such an exposed, public location.