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CONTROL STATION DATA

HARVARD UNIVERSITY BASE MAPPING / GIS PROJECT

Horizontal Datum is North American Datum 1983

Vertical Datum is North American Datum 1929

Massachusetts State Plane Coordinates, Mainland Zone

NOTE: Elevation corrected per Chas. H. Sells survey, 2007

DESCRIPTION:

At Cambridge, at the Easterly end of the overpass above Cambridge Street approximately 500 feet West of the Fire Station at the intersection of Cambridge and Quincy Streets. Station is located in a 2' high, 1' wide retaining wall surrounding a planted area at the intersection of a series of sidewalks near the Southwest entrance to the Science Center building on the Harvard University campus. A standard 2" brass tablet set in the Northwest corner of the retaining wall inscribed "Harvard University Geodetic Monument GPS 1992" and stamped HYSC09.