I wrote a post the other day about USGS and NGS Benchmarks and then found this strange benchmark this past weekend on South Moat Mountain. It is certainly different than others I have seen before. It is a New Hampshire DPW & H (Department of Public Works & Highways) Benchmark, and it seems it is for triangulation. I thought some may find this interesting. I did some searches online regarding DPW & H Benchmarks but came up with nothing. If anyone out there has any information they’d like to share on this DPW & H Benchmark or DPW & H Benchmarks in general, please post in the comments. I’m certainly interested to learn about them.
I'll ask my FIL, he was a state of NHDOT lifer, but now retired. I can't guarantee when I'll see him next, but I'll try to remember to ask as he was part of a survey crew for a while. From what little research on the net that I have found, DPW&H was a dept. from 1950 to 1986, when it was reorganized and became Dept. of Transportation or DOT. It would seem then that this was placed during those years, as it was called something else before then.
ReplyDeleteHave you been to waymarking.com? They have quite a collection of photos and info on these sorts of markers, I found some of the DPW&H ones there.
Summerset - This is awesome information. Thanks very much. I did a quick search and found nothing...so this seems like a lot to me. Yes, if you find out any further info, let us know!
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Karl
Karl, did you know about the folks that hunt benchmarks? It's a peripheral part of geocaching...kinda. Check it out here: http://www.geocaching.com/mark/default.aspx
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