Station Mark

Object/Artifact

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The Cardinal Collection

Name/Title

Station Mark

Description

Surveyors used this tan ceramic pyramid as a station mark to indicate a point in the Coast and Geodetic survey in 1886. It is inscribed with the letters U-S-G-S which stands for the United States Geologic Survey. This pyramid marked the Peach Mount Station in Adams County, Ohio. Crews working on a transcontinental survey built a tower to have a line of sight with other station marks' towers. After crews completed surveying calculations and documented the location information, this pyramid was buried almost three feet underground and marked with a concrete-filled drainage tile on top.

Collection

Survey Department

Location

Building

Building E

Other

ODNR Headquarters