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Found in good condition. Over the Columbus weekend I headed up to northern New Hampshire for some hiking, benchmarking and a bit of sight seeing. All the recovered marks (and all but one of the Not Founds) were boundary markers of one sort or another. Some were state boundary markers, some were US-Canada boundary markers and some were IBC triangulation stations (used when the US-Canada border was surveyed in 1915-1916). Here's a trip report: (visit link)
And here's a set of photo albums: (visit link) This particular monument is a New Hampshire/Vermont boundary marker. The boundary goes along the west bank of the Connecticut River, but the monuments are up on the Vermont side to provide a firm footing, so thet are all called "Reference Monuments" and the distance and direction to the boundary is stamped on each one. This one is at the corner of the road coming over the bridge with the main cross road and can easily be spotted as you drive by. Logged with the NGS as "Recovered in good condition" on 10/12/2006. I have included photos of the last three boundary reference monuments (non-NGS) which lie up route 102. The first is on the south side of the bridge over Halls Stream and the last two are a mile or two up route 102 where the road crosses into NH. They mark the northeast point of Vermont, and the last one is on a rock in the river at the shore. I recovered them on Oct. 19, 2007. [This entry was edited by Papa-Bear-NYC on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 6:14:35 AM.]
Photos:
 QH0736 "BOUNDARY REF MON 87", Beecher Falls VT
View of the monument from the corner.
QH0736 "BOUNDARY REF MON 87", Beecher Falls VT
QH0736 "BOUNDARY REF MON 87", Beecher Falls VT
VT-NH Reference Monument 90
This non-NGS mark is several miles down Vermont Route 102 and is the last boundary monument on the road. It points to the northeast point of Vermont at the river's edge (Monument 91).
VT-NH Reference Monument 90
This non-NGS mark is several miles down Vermont Route 102 and is the last boundary monument on the road. It points to the northeast point of Vermont at the river's edge (Monument 91). This disk sits on top of the large granite monument.
VT-NH Reference Monument 91
This non-NGS mark is at the waters edge and points to the northeast point of Vermont 1 foot east.
VT-NH Reference Monument 89
This disk is mounted on the curb on the south side of the bridge over Hall's Stream.
VT-NH Reference Monument 91
This non-NGS mark is at the waters edge and points to the northeast point of Vermont 1 foot east at the edge of the rock (up in the photo).
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