T 288

Recovered in Good Condition on November 8, 2014 Previous attempt (October 29, 2014)

Spatial/elevation data

Coordinates	N 41.400405° W 75.650909°
Elevation	828.26 ft.
Location	Pennsylvania Lackawanna County Scranton Quad

Mark description

Type	Bench Mark Disk
Setting	Bridge Abutment
Monumented	1961 by NGS
Description (NGS)	NGS Datasheet

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Updated GPS coordinates have been submitted to NGS.

A report on the condition of this survey mark has been submitted to NGS, along with the following recovery note:

Recovered in good condition. The disk is worn but the stamping is still legible. The Harrison Avenue bridge is being replaced, and the abutment holding the mark may be removed. This mark is in danger of being disturbed or destroyed.

Narrative and photographs

Rich and I stopped by this morning after a walk at Lake Scranton. I’ve been waiting a few weeks for the parked train that had been obscuring the mark to move. It finally did! We parked near the University tennis courts to access the mark just a short walk away. The disk is in good condition and somehow has avoided being covered by the graffiti that “decorates” the rest of this abutment’s southern face.

Next year a new bridge will be built adjacent to this one, and the old bridge (possibly including the abutments as well) will be torn down. We will be able to update the database again if that occurs.

Eyelevel view of the disk on the bridge abutment.

Looking NE toward the mark from beneath the bridge.

Looking SE toward the abutment; position of the mark is indicated.