BM #4 (04-2-1)

Recovered in Good Condition on November 21, 2009

Spatial/elevation data

Coordinates N 41.414583° W 75.506033°
Elevation 1766.3 ft.
Location Pennsylvania
   Lackawanna County
      Olyphant Quad

Mark description

Type Elevation Mark
Setting Concrete bridge headwall
Monumented 1999 by PA Dept. of Highways
Description (PA Dept. of Highways)The station is a PDH disk in the top Southern end of the East concrete headwall of a plat arch bridge at SR 0247 Segment 30, and approximately 0.3 miles North from the intersection of SR 0247 and SR 0348 on the right. See: 4270.pdf.
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Narrative and photographs

We were on our way back home after searching for a few marks in Madison Township when I spotted a bright blue disk on a culvert headwall off Moosic Lake Road. Rich found a safe spot to pull over and I investigated the mark. It’s an old PA Dept. of Highways disk without any stamping, but that I later discovered is desginated BM #4 (04-2-1). The description from the PennDOT datasheet is available below.

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