CONTROL STATION DATA
HARVARD UNIVERSITY BASE MAPPING / GIS PROJECT
Monument reported missing 2/2007
STATION: |
RHWB05 |
LATITUDE: |
42 22 09.84745 N |
LONGITUDE: |
71 07 02.52446 W |
Horizontal Datum is North American Datum 1983
Vertical Datum is North American Datum 1929
Massachusetts State Plane Coordinates, Mainland Zone
NORTHING: |
2959871.433 FEET | EASTING: |
759566.276 FEET | ELEVATION: |
14.19 FEET |
NORTHING: |
902170.617 METERS | EASTING: |
231516.264 METERS | ELEVATION: |
4.33 METERS |
NOTE: Elevation corrected per survey, 6/2002
DESCRIPTION:
At Cambridge, at the Northeast corner of the intersection of DeWolfe Street and Memorial Drive, near the Weeks Memorial Footbridge over the Charles River. Station is located atop the Westernmost of two 4 foot high ventilation structures in front of McKinlock Hall of Harvard University. A standard 2" brass tablet set near the center of the circular concrete cover inscribed "Harvard University Geodesic Monument GPS 1992" and stamped RHWB05.
GENERAL LOCATION (N.T.S.)
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