SPEICHER

NGS PID: HU0266
Coordinates: N 38.325133° W 75.088133°
Location: Maryland
   Worcester County
      Ocean City Quad
Elevation: 9.79 ft.
Type: Triangulation Station Disk
Setting: Concrete Seawall
Monumented: 1962
Monumented By: U. S. Engineers
Status: Recovered
Condition: Good as of September 2, 2003
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This triangulation station disk was found as described on the seawall at the southernmost edge of Ocean City. It was located easily using the historic descriptions. The Coast Guard tower Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum) and the municipal parking lot are still in existence, while the witness post was not recovered. The posted coordinates were approximately 11.8 feet from the coordinates I recorded at the site. The disk is in good condition and the date and designation are legible; it appears that someone may have attempted to make the “1956” more visible.

U.S. Engineers Triangulation Station Disk SPEICHER Looking southwest across the inlet toward the seawall at the northernmost edge of Assateague Island. A little observation deck has been built adjacent to this part of the seawall. The old Coast Guard tower stands northeast of the mark.