Odd Marker

[+lefty2448]

 

I cant find this marker on any page. Can anyone help me Identify what type of marker it is so I may be able to look further into it. If someone knows where I can find more info on that type of marker I would appreciate it also. TIA

 

Lefty

[StripeMark]

Do you have latitude & longitude?

[+Renegade Knight]

Looks like a local city or county marker.

[+Black Dog Trackers]

That's a United States Engineer Department (type I) disk.

You can see it an the other types in this excellent list maintained by BuckBrooke.

[+lefty2448]

That's a United States Engineer Department (type I) disk.

You can see it an the other types in this excellent list maintained by BuckBrooke.

Thanks all for the quick reply. I have a friend who is on a land trust coservatory group that found it and were curious about the significance of it on the land. Thanks again.

 

Lefty

[+Shorelander]

WOW! That's it! That's the disk!

 

I found one of those myself, but yours is in much better condition! Are you in Massachusetts, perchance?

 

PS: That's not the same disk as the Type I, I think. The Type I disk is from Mobile, according to the pictures.

[+Black Dog Trackers]

Shorelander -

 

You're right, it isn't the same type.

It's representative of a whole family of types, with different localities, I guess.

[+lefty2448]

Its in Maine, but we cant find it on any pages still. It doesnt have the triangle or numbers like most of the others we found listed.

[+BuckBrooke]

A lot of disks will just have a central dot or point. I'll add it as a new type, and relabel the other US Engineer Dept. disks to be clearer.

[+Shorelander]

Looking at the National Archives web site, my guess is that Maine was encompassed by the Boston District, and so that was the Boston disk. Here's the list of districts from NARA:

 

Alaska District (Anchorage, AK)

Albuquerque, NM, District

Atlantic District (New York, NY)

Baltimore, MD, District

Boston, MA, District

Buffalo, NY, District

Canaveral District

Charleston, SC, District

Chicago, IL, District

Cincinnati, OH, District (First Cincinnati District, 1880-1922)

Second Cincinnati, OH, District

Denison, TX, District

Detroit, MI, District

Duluth, MN, District

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada District

Fort Peck, MT, District

Fort Worth, TX, District

Galveston, TX, District

Garrison/Bismarck, ND, District

Honolulu, HI, District

Huntington, WV, District

Jacksonville, FL, District

Kansas City, MO, District

Little Rock, AR, District

Los Angeles, CA, District

Louisville, KY, District

Manila District

Memphis, TN, District

Miami, FL, District

Milwaukee, WI, District

Mobile, AL, District

Montgomery, AL, District

Nashville, TN, District

New London, CT, District

New Orleans, LA, District

Newport, RI, District

New York, NY, District

Norfolk, VA, District

Northeast District (New York, NY)

Okinawa District

Omaha, NE, District

Oswego, NY, District

Panama District

Philadelphia, PA, District

Pittsburgh, PA, District

Portland, OR, District

Providence, RI, District

Puerto Rico District

Rock Island, IL, District

Sacramento, CA, District

St. Lawrence River District (Massena, NY)

St. Louis, MO, District

St. Paul, MN, District

Salt Lake City, UT, District

San Francisco, CA, District

Savannah, GA, District

Seattle, WA, District

Sioux City, IA, District

Syracuse, NY, District

Tullahoma, TN, District

Tulsa, OK, District

Vicksburg, MS, District

Walla Walla, WA, District

Washington, DC, District

Wheeling, WV, District

Wilmington, NC, District

 

There's a different list according to an book index from the USACE Web site.

[+BuckBrooke]

Ok, ya'll in those areas. You have a lot of work to do.

[+Klemmer]

I haven't bothered with those USACE ones out here, since they are 95% not in the NGS database. But if BuckBrooke wants them for the marker agency collection, I think I know where there are some Los Angles District ones out here. Your wish is my command. Maybe after work today. I was looking for somewhere to go hiking 2 - 3 miles anyway......

[+BuckBrooke]

Klemner, don't feel like you have to schlep to add for the list; I should have added a :-) after that statement.

[Wintertime]

What is the "U.S. Engineer Department," anyway? I thought maybe it was the precursor of the Army Corps of Engineers, but according to their website, the latter was created in 1779, and I think we can safely say that this disk wasn't monumented before that...There are a couple of references to an Engineer Department on the ACE's history page, but it's never explained.

 

Patty

[+Klemmer]

Buckbrooke:

Of course I don't HAVE to, I WANTED to! Had a very nice 4 mile walk after work, gorgeous 70-ish weather, but no joy on the older ACE markers. The USACE markers at the dam dam (Carbon Canyon Dam, in Brea, CA) were too new. I haven't compared them exactly yet, but I'm fairly sure they are newer types, that are probably already on your list. If not. will advise. Thanks for the good excuse!

[2oldfarts (the rockhounders)]

I haven't bothered with those USACE ones out here, since they are 95% not in the NGS database. But if BuckBrooke wants them for the marker agency collection, I think I know where there are some Los Angles District ones out here. Your wish is my command. Maybe after work today. I was looking for somewhere to go hiking 2 - 3 miles anyway......

 

You are getting slow Klemmer!

 

 

FR0018 in Arizona

 

The 2oldfarts were on the ball this weekend!

 

John

[+Klemmer]

Hey! No fair! An LA benchmark in AZ. Sheeesh...