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PUBLICATION DATE: 07/30/1985
Station ID: 8418268 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003
Name: FORE RIVER, PORTLAND
MAINE
NOAA Chart: 13292 Latitude: 43° 38.5' N
USGS Quad: PORTLAND WEST Longitude: 70° 17.1' W
To reach the tidal bench marks proceed to the Bancroft and Martin Oil Depot
which is adjacent to the Route 1 Highway Bridge connecting Portland and South
Portland, on the bank of the Fore River. The bench marks are located in the NE
corner of the depot near the docking facilities. The tide gage and staff were
located on the pier.
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
PRIMARY BENCH MARK STAMPING: 841 8268 A 1979
MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 1949
AGENCY: PID:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete Foundation
The bench mark is set flush in the concrete foundation supporting the NW leg of
a metal squasher, 19.7 feet (6.0 m) south of the centerline of the road leading
to the pier, 7.0 feet (2.1 m) east of the NE post of the docking facilities si
gn which is adjacent to the squasher, and 0.5 foot (0.2 m) north of the NW leg
of the squasher.
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 841 8268 B 1979
MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 1950
AGENCY: PID:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete Foundation
The bench mark is located in the NE corner of the depot, set flush in the
concrete foundation supporting a large bollard, 30 feet (9 m) west of the
shoreline, 9.0 feet (2.7 m) north of the SW corner of the foundation, 5.0 feet
(1.5 m) NW of the bollard, and 1.0 foot (0.3 m) south of the NW corner of the
concrete foundation.
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PUBLICATION DATE: 07/30/1985
Station ID: 8418268 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003
Name: FORE RIVER, PORTLAND
MAINE
NOAA Chart: 13292 Latitude: 43° 38.5' N
USGS Quad: PORTLAND WEST Longitude: 70° 17.1' W
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 841 8268 C 1979
MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 1951
AGENCY: PID:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete Foundation
The bench mark is located in the NE corner of the depot, set flush in the NW
corner of a concrete sewer tank holding bin, 41.5 feet (12.6 m) NW of the fire
hydrant adjacent to the bin, 35 feet (10.1 m) west of the shoreline, 8.9 feet
(2.7 m) east of the NW corner of the bin, and 0.5 foot (0.2 m) west of the NE
corner of the bin.
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 841 8268 D 1979
MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 1952
AGENCY: PID:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete Foundation
The bench mark is located in the NE corner of the depot, set flush in the
concrete foundation of a small metal press, 25 feet (7.8 m) ESE of the railroad
tracks running through the road alongside the concrete foundation, 5.8 feet (1.8
m) north of the NW corner of the small shed located on the concrete foundation,
and 4.0 feet (1.2 m) south of the north side of the foundation.
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PUBLICATION DATE: 07/30/1985
Station ID: 8418268 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003
Name: FORE RIVER, PORTLAND
MAINE
NOAA Chart: 13292 Latitude: 43° 38.5' N
USGS Quad: PORTLAND WEST Longitude: 70° 17.1' W
T I D A L B E N C H M A R K S
BENCH MARK STAMPING: 841 8268 E 1979
MONUMENTATION: Survey Disk VM#: 1953
AGENCY: PID:
SETTING CLASSIFICATION: Concrete Abutment
The bench mark is located just outside the confines of the Bancroft and Martin
Oil Depot, set flush in the south side of the railroad bridge concrete abutment,
32.5 feet (9.9 m) south of the south edge of the Route 1 Highway bridge west of
the railroad bridge, 8.0 feet (2.4 m) west of the east side of the abutment, and
3.5 feet (1.1 m) down from the top of the bridge on the lip supporting the
bridge braces.
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PUBLICATION DATE: 07/30/1985
Station ID: 8418268 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003
Name: FORE RIVER, PORTLAND
MAINE
NOAA Chart: 13292 Latitude: 43° 38.5' N
USGS Quad: PORTLAND WEST Longitude: 70° 17.1' W
T I D A L D A T U M S
Tidal datums at FORE RIVER, PORTLAND based on:
LENGTH OF SERIES: 2 MONTHS
TIME PERIOD: OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1979
TIDAL EPOCH: 1960-1978
CONTROL TIDE STATION: 8418150 PORTLAND
Elevations of tidal datums referred to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), in FEET:
HIGHEST OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (09/06/1979) = 12.34
MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER MHHW = 9.96
MEAN HIGH WATER MHW = 9.50
MEAN TIDE LEVEL MTL = 4.93
MEAN LOW WATER MLW = 0.36
MEAN LOWER LOW WATER MLLW = 0.00
LOWEST OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (10/08/1979) = -1.82
Bench Mark Elevation Information In FEET above:
Stamping or Designation MLLW MHW
841 8268 A 1979 18.97 9.47
841 8268 B 1979 16.47 6.97
841 8268 C 1979 15.74 6.24
841 8268 D 1979 18.25 8.75
841 8268 E 1979 19.94 10.44
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PUBLICATION DATE: 07/30/1985
Station ID: 8418268 SUPERCEDED DATE: 04/21/2003
Name: FORE RIVER, PORTLAND
MAINE
NOAA Chart: 13292 Latitude: 43° 38.5' N
USGS Quad: PORTLAND WEST Longitude: 70° 17.1' W
D E F I N I T I O N S
Mean Sea Level (MSL) is a tidal datum determined over a 19-year National Tidal
Datum Epoch. It pertains to local mean sea level and should not be confused
with the fixed datums of North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88).
NAVD88 is a fixed datum derived from a simultaneous, least squares, minimum
constraint adjustment of Canadian/Mexican/United States leveling observations.
Local mean sea level observed at Father Point/Rimouski, Canada was held fixed as
the single initial constraint. NAVD88 replaces NGVD29 as the national
standard geodetic reference for heights. Bench mark elevations relative to
NAVD88 are available from NGS through the World Wide Web at
National Geodetic Survey.
NGVD29 is a fixed datum adopted as a national standard geodetic reference for
heights but is now considered superseded. NGVD29 is sometimes referred to as
Sea Level Datum of 1929 or as Mean Sea Level on some early issues of Geological
Survey Topographic Quads. NGVD29 was originally derived from a general
adjustment of the first-order leveling networks of the U.S. and Canada after
holding mean sea level observed at 26 long term tide stations as fixed.
Numerous local and wide-spread adjustments have been made since establishment in
1929. Bench mark elevations relative to NGVD29 are available from the National
Geodetic Survey (NGS) data base via the World Wide Web at
National Geodetic Survey.
NAVD88 and NGVD29 are fixed geodetic datums whose elevation relationships to
local MSL and other tidal datums may not be consistent from one location to
another.
The Vertical Mark Number (VM#) and PID# shown on the bench mark sheet are unique
identifiers for bench marks in the tidal and geodetic databases, respectively.
Each bench mark in either database has a single, unique VM# and/or PID# assigned.
Where both VM# and PID# are indicated, both tidal and geodetic elevations are
available for the bench mark listed.
The NAVD88 elevation is shown on the Elevations of Tidal Datums Table Referred
to MLLW only when two or more of the bench marks listed have NAVD88 elevations.
The NAVD88 elevation relationship shown in the table is derived from an average
of several bench mark elevations relative to tide station datum. As a result of
this averaging, NAVD88 bench mark elevations computed indirectly from the tidal
datums elevation table may differ slightly from NAVD88 elevations listed for
each bench mark in the NGS database.