Locodave2 Posted July 31, 2018 Posted July 31, 2018 I am new to this. I have a main marker and two reference markers on my property and would like info They are marked Knauers 1942 and Knauers 1984 no other numbers. Someone help me. Dave Quote
Locodave2 Posted July 31, 2018 Author Posted July 31, 2018 Members 0 0 posts Posted just now · Hidden Hidden I am new to this. I have a main marker and two reference markers on my property and would like info They are marked Knauers 1942 and Knauers 1984 no other numbers. Someone help me. Dave Quote
Bill93 Posted August 1, 2018 Posted August 1, 2018 Assuming you are in Pennsylvania (you really should have told us that), this is your triangulation station. The others with the arrows are reference marks to aid in finding the main station if it is buried, as many were intentionally or otherwise. It has been measured with GPS as well as the old triangulation sighting data. Your Department of Transportation submitted the most recent recovery report on this disk. https://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=KW3011 https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=KW3011 Quote
ArtMan Posted August 2, 2018 Posted August 2, 2018 These triangulation stations were often named for a nearby town, village, geographic feature, or person. In this case the nearby village of Knauers is the source. Note, however, that the 1993 recovery report repeatedly misspells it as Knavers, possibly due to a transcription error from handwritten field notes. Quote
Z15 Posted August 3, 2018 Posted August 3, 2018 (edited) Triangulation Diagram https://beta.ngs.noaa.gov/gcd/ Note - Some have LOT with the name, that stands for; LookOut Tower. Manned 'forest fire' watch stations of the day. Edited August 4, 2018 by Z15 1 Quote
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