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PD1029  DESIGNATION -  HOWARD
PD1029  PID         -  PD1029
PD1029  STATE/COUNTY-  ME/WASHINGTON
PD1029  USGS QUAD   -  MACHIAS (1977)
PD1029
PD1029                         *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
PD1029  ___________________________________________________________________
PD1029* NAD 83(1996)-  44 37 46.12487(N)    067 23 43.22433(W)     ADJUSTED
PD1029* NAVD 88     -        81.8    (meters)     268.     (feet)  VERTCON
PD1029  ___________________________________________________________________
PD1029  LAPLACE CORR-           4.56  (seconds)                    DEFLEC99
PD1029  GEOID HEIGHT-         -22.82  (meters)                     GEOID99
PD1029
PD1029  HORZ ORDER  -  FIRST
PD1029
PD1029.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
PD1029.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in March 1998.
PD1029
PD1029.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to
PD1029.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.)
PD1029
PD1029.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections.
PD1029
PD1029.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.
PD1029
PD1029;                    North         East     Units   Scale      Converg.
PD1029;SPC ME E     -   107,565.963   387,649.774   MT  0.99999444 +0 46 33.9
PD1029;UTM  19      - 4,943,043.906   627,284.442   MT  0.99979923 +1 07 38.8
PD1029
PD1029:                Primary Azimuth Mark                     Grid Az
PD1029:SPC ME E     -  JONESPORT CHURCH SPIRE                   235 36 49.0
PD1029:UTM  19      -  JONESPORT CHURCH SPIRE                   235 15 44.1
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PD1029| PID    Reference Object                     Distance      Geod. Az  |
PD1029|                                                           dddmmss.s |
PD1029|        HOWARD AZ MK                                       0074606.8 |
PD1029| PD0220 HOWARD RM 1                           5.578 METERS 06917     |
PD1029| PD0964 COLVILLE                            APPROX.14.5 KM 0761158.4 |
PD1029| PD0991 THORNTON FLAG                       APPROX. 9.3 KM 0920508.0 |
PD1029| PD0955 OLD MAN                             APPROX.12.7 KM 0950134.9 |
PD1029|        HOWARD RM 2                           7.029 METERS 13128     |
PD1029| PD1113 JONESPORT CHURCH SPIRE              APPROX.19.2 KM 2362322.9 |
PD1029| PD1003 NEW BARN NORTH GABLE                APPROX. 3.6 KM 2394050.6 |
PD1029| PD1071 PIGEON                              APPROX.43.8 KM 2435447.5 |
PD1029| PD1010 YELLOW HSE E WHITISH GRAY CHIM      APPROX. 7.6 KM 3183800.7 |
PD1029| PD1016 WHITE HOUSE WEST CHIMNEY            APPROX. 5.3 KM 3280148.7 |
PD1029| PD1023 MACHIAS WHITE SPIRE                 APPROX.10.8 KM 3324117.2 |
PD1029|        HOWARD RM 3                                        33334     |
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PD1029
PD1029                          SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
PD1029
PD1029  NAD 83(1992)-  44 37 46.12056(N)    067 23 43.22213(W) AD(       ) 1
PD1029  NAD 83(1986)-  44 37 46.11645(N)    067 23 43.22460(W) AD(       ) 1
PD1029  NAD 27      -  44 37 45.83600(N)    067 23 45.27100(W) AD(       ) 1
PD1029  NGVD 29     -        82.0    (m)          269.     (f) VERT ANG
PD1029
PD1029.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
PD1029.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
PD1029.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
PD1029
PD1029  HISTORY     - Date     Condition        Recov. By
PD1029  HISTORY     - 1859     MONUMENTED       CGS
PD1029  HISTORY     - 1913     SEE DESCRIPTION  CGS
PD1029  HISTORY     - 1932     SEE DESCRIPTION  MEGS
PD1029  HISTORY     - 1934     SEE DESCRIPTION  CGS
PD1029  HISTORY     - 1946     SEE DESCRIPTION  CGS
PD1029  HISTORY     - 1959     SEE DESCRIPTION  CGS
PD1029  HISTORY     - 1960     SEE DESCRIPTION  CGS
PD1029  HISTORY     - 1962     SEE DESCRIPTION  CGS
PD1029
PD1029                          STATION DESCRIPTION
PD1029
PD1029''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1913
PD1029''STATION IS ON A VERY PROMINENT HIGH BARE HILL KNOWN
PD1029''AS HOWARD MOUNTAIN, LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES S OF MACHIASPORT,
PD1029''AND 1 MILE S OF BUCKS HARBOR, AND LESS THAN 1/2 MILE
PD1029''NW OF THE HEAD OF HOWARD BAY.  THE LATTER IS AN ARM OF
PD1029''THE W SIDE OF MACHIAS BAY.  THE ROAD FROM THE N CROSSES
PD1029''THE FOOT OF THE HILL ON THE E SIDE, AND FROM IT, NEAR
PD1029''THE HEAD OF HOWARD BAY, A WELL-WORN TRAIL LEADS TO THE
PD1029''SUMMIT.  THE STATION IS ABOUT 3 METERS W OF THE HIGHEST POINT
PD1029''OF THE LEDGE AND ABOUT 4 FEET FROM THE SOUTHERN EDGE, AND IS
PD1029''MARKED BY A COPPER BOLT SET IN A HOLE IN THE ROCK, THE TOP
PD1029''OF OF THE BOLT BEING SLIGHTLY BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE ROCK.
PD1029
PD1029                          STATION RECOVERY (1932)
PD1029
PD1029''RECOVERY NOTE BY MAINE GEODETIC SURVEY 1932
PD1029''THE STATION IS MARKED BY A COPPER BOLT IN THE LEDGE AND I FOUND
PD1029''THE BOLT FIRMLY IN PLACE WHEN I VISITED THE STATION IN JULY AND
PD1029''AUGUST 1932, BUT THE HEAD WAS CONSIDERABLY BATTERED AND THE BOLT
PD1029''WAS NOT EASY TO FIND, BECAUSE OF THE ROUGHNESS OF THE LEDGE.
PD1029''
PD1029''I FOUND FIVE DRILL HOLES ON THE SUMMIT, ALTHOUGH
PD1029''NONE ARE MENTIONED IN THE DESCRIPTION.  ACCORDING TO
PD1029''PROFESSOR HOSMER, OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF
PD1029''TECHNOLOGY, TWO OF THESE HOLES WERE MADE SOME YEARS
PD1029''AGO BY STUDENTS AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF
PD1029''TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING CAMP, NEAR EAST MACHIAS, WHO
PD1029''SOMETIMES OCCUPY THE STATION AND WHO MADE THE HOLES
PD1029''FOR REFERENCE MARKS.  THE APPROXIMATE HORIZONTAL
PD1029''DISTANCES AND AZIMUTHS OF THESE TWO HOLES FROM THE
PD1029''STATION ARE AS FOLLOWS--16.0 FEET, 156 DEG.  10.0
PD1029''FEET, 288-1/2 DEG.  THE LATTER HOLE IS AT THE HIGHEST
PD1029''POINT OF THE LEDGE AND IS EASY TO FIND.
PD1029''
PD1029''THE OTHER THREE HOLES APPEARED TO BE ON LINES TO
PD1029''OTHER STATIONS, AS FOLLOWS.  AND WERE PROBABLY MADE
PD1029''WHEN THE STATION WAS ORIGINALLY OCCUPIED--PIGEON HILL 32.9
PD1029''FEET.  EAST BASE 51.2 FEET.  MITTEN MOUNT 14.15 FEET.
PD1029''
PD1029''THERE MAY BE OTHER RANGE HOLES WHICH I MISSED
PD1029''BECAUSE OF THE ROUGHNESS OF THE LEDGE, WHICH IS
PD1029''COVERED IN PLACES WITH MOSS AND SOIL.
PD1029''
PD1029''THE VIEW FROM THE STATION IS CLEAR, EXCEPT FOR A FEW
PD1029''SMALL SCATTERED TREES.  NEAR THE STATION WAS THE WRECKAGE OF A
PD1029''SIGNAL TRIPOD WHICH HAD BEEN USED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS
PD1029''INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS.
PD1029''
PD1029''I BUILT A SMALL CAIRN OVER THE BOLT.
PD1029''
PD1029''THE STATION MAY BE REACHED FROM MACHIAS OR MACHIASPORT,
PD1029''BY A FAIRLY GOOD ROAD PASSING S THROUGH THE VILLAGES
PD1029''OF LARRABEE AND BUCKS HARBOR, TO HOWARD BAY.  THE ROAD
PD1029''CROSSES A BROOK AT THE HEAD OF HOWARD BAY AND THE TRAIL
PD1029''LEAVES THE ROAD, ON THE WESTERN SIDE, A LITTLE MORE
PD1029''THAN 600 FEET S OF THE BROOK.  THE ENTRANCE TO THE TRAIL
PD1029''IS SOMEWHAT OBSCURE AND IS PART WAY UP A RATHER STEEP
PD1029''GRADE IN THE ROAD.  THE TRAIL IS CONSIDERABLY GROWN UP WITH
PD1029''BUSHES BUT IS NOT DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW, THE CLIMB TO
PD1029''THE STATION REQUIRING ONLY ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
PD1029
PD1029                          STATION RECOVERY (1934)
PD1029
PD1029''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (KGC)
PD1029''THE STATION, FOUND AS DESCRIBED, IS ON A VERY PROMINENT HIGH
PD1029''BARE HILL KNOWN AS HOWARD MOUNTAIN, LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES S OF
PD1029''S OF MACHIASPORT, AND 1 MILE S OF BUCK HARBOR AND LESS THAN
PD1029''1/2 MILE NW OF THE HEAD OF HOWARD BAY.  THE LATTER IS AN ARM OF
PD1029''OF THE W SIDE OF MACHIAS BAY.  THE STATION IS 3.05 METERS NW
PD1029''OF A DRILL HOLE IN THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE LEDGE.  TWO OTHER
PD1029''DRILL HOLES ARE 4.87 METERS AND 4.30 METERS FROM THE STATION,
PD1029''BEING RESPECTIVELY APPROXIMATELY NW AND NNW OF THE STATION
PD1029''MARK.
PD1029''
PD1029''THREE ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MARKS WERE ESTABLISHED.  THEY ARE
PD1029''MARKED BY STANDARD DISKS WEDGED IN DRILL HOLES IN OUTCROPPING
PD1029''BEDROCK.
PD1029''
PD1029''REFERENCE MARK NO. 3 BEING NNW OF THE STATION AND SLIGHTLY
PD1029''LOWER IN ELEVATION.
PD1029''
PD1029''REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 BEING ENE OF THE STATION AND ABOUT 3
PD1029''FEET LOWER AND REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 BEING SE OF THE
PD1029''STATION AND ABOUT 1 FOOT LOWER.
PD1029''
PD1029''TO REACH FROM MACHIAS GO W ON HIGHWAY 1 ACROSS THE
PD1029''BRIDGE IN MACHIAS, TURN LEFT AND CONTINUE DOWN RIGHT
PD1029''BANK AT MACHIAS RIVER.  TAKE RIGHT FORK 8.0 MILES FROM MACHIAS
PD1029''AND AT 8.8 MILES AGAIN TAKE RIGHT FORK.  AT 9.7 STOP TRUCK AT A
PD1029''POINT HALFWAY UP STEEP GRADE.  A ROCKY STREAM TRAIL LEADS UP THE
PD1029''HILL ON THE NW SIDE OF THE ROAD.  FOLLOW THIS TRAIL ABOUT
PD1029''1/4 MILE TO SUMMIT AND STATION AFTER FIRST CROSSING A SMALL
PD1029''RIDGE.
PD1029
PD1029                          STATION RECOVERY (1946)
PD1029
PD1029''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1946 (RAG)
PD1029''STATION AND REFERENCE MARKS WERE FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION.  THE
PD1029''DESCRIPTION IS ADEQUATE.  DISTANCES TO REFERENCE MARKS WERE CHECKED.
PD1029
PD1029                          STATION RECOVERY (1959)
PD1029
PD1029''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (GFW)
PD1029''STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARKS NO. 2 AND NO. 3
PD1029''WERE NOT RECOVERED.  REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 WAS RECOVERED
PD1029''IN GOOD CONDITION.  THE SITE OF THIS STATION IS NOW
PD1029''OCCUPIED BY THE BUCKS HARBOR AIR FORCE STATION.  THE MOST
PD1029''NORTHERLY OF FOUR RADAR DOMES, LOCATED AT THE STATION, WAS
PD1029''DESIGNED TO BE CENTERED OVER TRIANGULATION STATION HOWARD,
PD1029''1859.  AS FAR AS COULD BE DETERMINED BY THIS PARTY THE DOME IS
PD1029''IS VERY CLOSELY CENTERED OVER THE STATION, HOWEVER, IT IS
PD1029''DOUBTFUL THAT THE FINIAL OF THE DOME IS IN THE PRECISE
PD1029''POSITION AS THE STATION.
PD1029
PD1029                          STATION RECOVERY (1960)
PD1029
PD1029''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 (HRL)
PD1029''REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 WAS RECOVERED AND FOUND TO BE
PD1029''IN GOOD CONDITION.  THE OTHER MARKS WERE NOT RECOVERED AND
PD1029''MAY BE CONSIDERED LOST.  THE MOST NORTHERLY OF FOUR RADAR DOMES
PD1029''OF THE BUCKS HARBOR AIR FORCE STATION IS LOCATED OVER THE
PD1029''STATION MARK.  THEREFORE STATION HOWARD 2 WAS ESTABLISHED
PD1029''NEAR THE LOCATION OF THE ORIGINAL STATION.  IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO
PD1029''MAKE A DIRECT TIE BETWEEN STATIONS.
PD1029
PD1029                          STATION RECOVERY (1962)
PD1029
PD1029''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1962 (LD)
PD1029''STATION IS LOST.
PD1029''
PD1029''AT BUCKS HARBOR AIR FORCE BASE, NEAR THE SUMMIT OF HOWARD
PD1029''MOUNTAIN, 87.6 FEET SOUTH OF THE STATION, 0.5 FOOT EAST OF THE
PD1029''EAST SIDE OF THE NORTH RADOME OF FOUR, SET IN THE TOP OF A LARGE
PD1029''LARGE BEDROCK ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE BASE OF THE LARGE
PD1029''RADOME.  NOTE--THE ARROW ON THIS REFERENCE MARK POINTS TO THE
PD1029''OLD STATION WHICH IS NOW COVERED WITH THE RADOME.