09/19/2019 |
Team_Mambone found KU1439 |
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Heute haben wir den Central Park besucht und dabei auch diesen gefunden.
Team Mambone
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05/16/2019 |
Astartus found KU1439 |
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Pretty unintuitive benchmar, that I visited on my 3rd day in NYC.
[Photos:] Astartus at KU1439
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05/24/2018 |
Master Lu found KU1439 |
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First try:
Cool.??
Second try:
Quite simply searched, found, finished ...
And now again right:
On our way from Leipzig on vacation to New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Niagara Falls, Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, Sioux City, Badlands NP, Mount Rushmore, Bighorn Mountains, Cody, Yellowstone NP, Jackson, Grand Teton NP, Salt Lake City, Bryce Canyon NP, Lake Powell, Grand Canyon, Williams, Las Vegas, Mojave Desert, Los Angeles, Visalia, Yosemite NP, Modesto and San Francisco we came right here. Of course, we also wanted this one GeoCache / Benchmark on the To-Do list to pick up. And now there is a smiling face. There were no problems ... Yes, the destination fits. Thus: the end is good, all right ...
In other words:
Everything is there, where it belongs, undamaged and waiting for the next visitors.
Now we like to say:
Thank you for your GeoCache / Benchmark and another smiley on our map.
Greetings from Mrs. Lu and Mr. Lu
Mersi fir des Dous - Danke für die Dose - Thanks for that Cache- Merci pour la Cache - Dzieki za Cache - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Díky za keš - Aciu už ta talpykla - Paldies par šo Cache - Aitäh selle eest Cache - ??????? ?? ?? ??? - Kiitos, että Cache - Tack för att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala cache - ???a??st? ??a t? µ??µ? cache - ???????? - Önbellek için tesekkürler - Köszönjük, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graças para o cache - Dankon pro la kasmemoron
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04/09/2018 |
strongsRus found KU1439 |
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Walked past this one many times today. Soon spotted it.
[Photos:] The corner
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04/06/2018 |
Bamiel found KU1439 |
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[EN]
With Sahlinabac, Superpipoca and my mother. 
[PT]
Com o Sahlinabac, a Superpipoca e a minha mãe. 
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04/06/2018 |
Superpipoca found KU1439 |
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[EN]
With Sahlinabac, Bamiel and my mother. 
[PT]
Com o Sahlinabac, o Bamiel e a minha mãe. 
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04/06/2018 |
Sahlinabac found KU1439 |
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[EN]
With Superpipoca, Bamiel and my wife. 
[PT]
Com a Superpipoca, o Bamiel e a minha mulher. 
[Photos:] 827 (1) 827 (1)
827 (2) 827 (2)
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03/18/2018 |
rocket03 found KU1439 |
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During my visit to NY also visited this place
[Photos:]
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10/20/2017 |
TeamJanine&Jon found KU1439 |
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Saw the described spot on the step of the monument. We have been here many times before, this time we observed the unique benchmark as described.
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04/29/2017 |
jeff-trex found KU1439 |
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found this while walking around central park
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04/22/2017 |
Brummelbären found KU1439 |
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During our trip through the central park we found this place.
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04/25/2016 |
henni-boy found KU1439 |
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On a NYC Visit I have this Benchmark found. Thank you for showing.
[Photos:] KU1439
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10/24/2015 |
rawangio found KU1439 |
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found the corner of the lowest step on the southeast side of the statue
[Photos:] IMG_0549 south east lowest corner
Sherman monument Sue standing on the mark
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10/10/2015 |
BenchmarkHunter found KU1439 |
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Found in good condition as described.
[Photos:] 827 Surface
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05/15/2015 |
Picarax found KU1439 |
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Found during my visit to NYC
I don't totally understand this type of benchmark but people seems to think it's ok. Maybe I am newbie?
Many thanks in any case.
This entry was edited by picarax on Sunday, 17 May 2015 at 13:45:16 UTC.
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10/05/2014 |
kinderarzt found KU1439 |
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Found during my stay in NY...
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08/31/2014 |
MnO₂ found KU1439 |
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Found the Benchmark during our visit in NYC
THX
Mno2
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10/25/2013 |
mdk0815 found KU1439 |
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Even if I'm definately NO Apple fan, I was told to get along to see the shop...finally, the benchmark was more interesting.
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03/25/2013 |
Rock-6 found KU1439 |
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Saw this one on this cold and rainy day just prior to getting on the Metro to head south.
Rock-6
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02/16/2013 |
macatac1961 found KU1439 |
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This is a strange one but, found as described.
[Photos:] 827
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01/22/2013 |
woodstrider found KU1439 |
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wow- it's cold today, well, cold for NYC that is. Windy as all get out too- now, where did I leave my kite?
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09/20/2012 |
MattScully found KU1439 |
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Found it..
[Photos:] CameraZOOM-20120920123529416
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02/20/2012 |
OleSeeker found KU1439 |
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Thanks to PapaBear for his note of 11/15/2005, explaining the mistake in the description that references a brass plug that was never there. I can log this station as found, having seen the SE corner of the lowest step.
[Photos:] 827 - SE corner of lowest step (anyone lose a button?)
827 - pigeon perch on a sunny winter day
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12/10/2011 |
white-star found KU1439 |
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Eine interessante Variante von Geocaching, die ich so bisher noch nicht kannte. Und wenn man schon mal über den großen Teich gereist ist, muss man dies natürlich auch mal testen! Der Benchmark befindet sich wie angegeben in gutem Zustand am bekannten Ort!! Vielen Dank fürs Zeigen!!
[Photos:] KU1439
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12/08/2011 |
Gonso5 found KU1439 |
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Found it on a nice place during our New York trip!
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11/12/2011 |
werewolf44 found KU1439 |
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came by this was on the way to our bus.
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09/08/2011 |
BriToGi found KU1439 |
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Found it during my business trip to New York, thank you and greetings from Germany :-)
[Photos:] Benchmark NY - Central Park 1
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06/04/2011 |
pogues found KU1439 |
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A nice Place with a Benchmark, an easy find after we had a look at the pictures.
# BM7
[Photos:] KU 1439
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04/25/2011 |
Papa EGTH found KU1439 |
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Based upon what others have logged, I'll log it also. Corner was easy to find.
[Photos:] KU1439
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04/03/2011 |
kakashaz found KU1439 |
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walked by when we visited Central Park were we were caching all day 
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10/09/2010 |
rjm1 found KU1439 |
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Found this one on our visit to Central Park.
[Photos:] KU1439
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10/01/2010 |
findingfury found KU1439 |
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Nice quick find
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08/13/2010 |
renaaH 2 found KU1439 |
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Found it on a walk to the Central Park.
[Photos:] KU1439
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07/07/2010 |
Hooligansx2 found KU1439 |
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Found this one on our tour of New York.
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05/17/2010 |
Nanju found KU1439 |
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Found this one on the way to the Central Park.
[Photos:] KU1439
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11/22/2009 |
spitoony found KU1439 |
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Found the top step, as per PapaBear's note.
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09/24/2009 |
drgnflyz found KU1439 |
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Sherman is there- so's the step.
[Photos:] IMG_0727
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09/15/2009 |
ChristianGK found KU1439 |
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Found this one during my walk through New York City.
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09/15/2009 |
ChristianGK found KU1439 |
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Found this one during my walk through New York City.
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09/04/2009 |
dtshaw66 found KU1439 |
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SE corner of the step of the Sherman monument. If you're from the South, as I am, this guy ain't exactly a hero to you.
[Photos:] mark
site
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07/18/2009 |
Wrenagade found KU1439 |
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Saw this on a caching trip to the city.
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03/03/2008 |
Peeves79 found KU1439 |
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Found it while geocaching near this corner of the park.
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02/02/2008 |
avila99 found KU1439 |
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During our visit in New York I tried to find some of them an was successful at some places. This one on our way to central park.
Cheers from germany, avila99!
[Photos:] The statue
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01/07/2007 |
Team Jac'd found KU1439 |
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Mark recovred in good, but wet condition on my way back to my hotel.
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11/04/2006 |
guinea gal found KU1439 |
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Found during our most recent trip to Manhattan
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10/26/2006 |
NorthWes found KU1439 |
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We walked up to this monument from the east... the collection of horse-carriages around the plaza just added to the ambiance here at the very southeast corner of Central Park.
[Photos:] KU1439 827 (Gen'l Sherman Statue-SE corner) NYC "B. M. 827 - Fifth Avenue. The top of the southeast corner of the lowest granite step at the base of the Sherman monument at the Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street entrance to Central Park. The bench mark is 9 inches above the sidewalk. Elevation, 53.161 feet" - from Papa-Bear-NYC's quote of Koop's book on surveying NYC. The SE corner is at the lower center of this photo.
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09/03/2006 |
bullionhunter found KU1439 |
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Found location. as shown
[Photos:] KU1439
KU1439
STATUE KU1439
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04/04/2006 |
mloser found KU1439 |
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Papa-Bear certainly put the research into this one, but I have to admit I would have logged it as found based on the recovery that said there was no brass plug found.
As I was walking around the monument a nice Irish lady stopped me and asked if I knew who the sculptor was. She said she hoped it was by Saint Gaudens, and I soon located the scuptor's name on the side of the monument for her. It turns out Saint Gaudens was Irish and she was very proud of him, and had even written a thesis on his works. She was very happy to have seen the monument, and thanked me for finding the name, which she said she never would have seen (all that benchmark hunting has helped my ability to spot things I guess!). Without that chance meeting this mark would have been something of a letdown, since there really is nothing to see in terms of a mark.
[Photos:] KU1439 829, Manhattan, NY mark This is the corner that is the station.
KU1439 829, Manhattan, NY location The corner, from a bit further.
KU1439 829, Manhattan, NY Sherman Monument The monument from the front.
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11/15/2005 |
Papa-Bear-NYC posted a note for KU1439 |
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I spent this afternoon in the NY Public Library and read through the volume [i]Precise Leveling in New York City[/i] by Frederick W. Koop, published in 1914. Mr. Koop was Assistant Engineer for the New York City Board of Estimate and Apportionment. From 1909 to 1914 he worked with a team of surveyors establishing benchmarks in the 5 boroughs of New York City. There are several chapters which outline goals, accuracy, methods, equipment and lastly there is are chapters giving a complete list of benchmarks for the entire city. I'm not sure of the total number since I only looked at Manhattan, but it's likely to be over 1,000 benchmarks. It should be noted that there were many other marks set by other city agencies such as the water department, sewer department and highway department in existance at that time, as well as a few bench marks set by the USC&GS in the city. But Koop's survey was the first to use consistant methods and datums for all 5 buroughs and for all city agencies. His work was considered of such quality that the USC&GS accepted is as a whole into it's national system of bench marks in the 1920s.
I was hoping to find documentation on another mark, but alas that belonged to another agency, but I did find this mark. Here is the original description:
[i]B. M. 827 - Fifth Avenue. The top of the southeast corner of the lowest granite step at the base of the Sherman monument at the Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street entrance to Central Park. The bench mark is 9 inches above the sidewalk. (Note 26, p. 91) Elevation, 53.161 feet"[/i]
Note 26 reads as follows:
[i]NOTE 26 -- A bench mark of this type is a point on a horizontal surface which was impossible for some reason to mark. This was usually the case when a bench mark was established on a polished granite surface, or in a conspicuous place."[/i]
So the 1952 entry on the NGS datasheet which stated that "the original description stated character of mark as being a brass plug" was wrong. Either they misread their source, or the description was corrupted between the original documentation (1914) and whatever secondary source that NGS used when making the 1952 entry. This explains why no brass plug was found when the 1952 team surveyed the mark, since there [b]never was a brass plug in the first place[/b].
[b]Bottom line:[/b] The mark is the top of the step. There is no brass plug or other mark on the step. I have therefore changed my previous entry to [b]Found[/b]
I submitted a recovery log to the NGS with the above information as a correction to the description on the datasheet.
[This entry was edited by Papa-Bear-NYC on Sunday, December 18, 2005 at 12:45:35 PM.]
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09/24/2005 |
Papa-Bear-NYC found KU1439 |
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[b]EDIT: 11/15/2005[/b] After studying the original documentation, I have changed my log from [b]Not Found[/b] to [b]Found[/b]. See note posted above on 11/15/2005.
(original log follows)
The described location is a pink granite step. No mark was found nor any indication of an old hole or indentation in the surfice. Except for dirt, etc. the surface looked perfectly untouched. The original 1952 description states: "NOTE-- ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION STATED CHARACTER OF MARK AS BEING A BRASS PLUG. NO BRASS PLUG WAS RECOVERED AT THE DESCRIBED POINT". I would conclude the mark was never there and the 1952 recovery as "GOOD" is in error.
I also checked all the steps on the other 3 corners of the statue and found nothing.
[This entry was edited by Papa-Bear-NYC on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at 1:59:29 PM.]
[Photos:] KU1439 "827", 59th & Fifth, NYC South point of step. There is no sign of any mark.
KU1439 - setting, 59th & Fifth, NYC This shows all the steps at this corner of the statue.
KU1439 - statue, 59th & 5th, NYC View of Sherman statue from Fifth Avenue. The south corner is the one nearest to the camera.
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11/27/2004 |
Harry Dolphin couldn't find KU1439 |
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The description is very clear: South corner of first step. I could not find it.
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