Missouri River Commission PERU Jerry Penry
Triangulation Station
1890
December 6, 2014
This Missouri River Commission triangulation station is located southeast of the town of Peru, Nebraska, on private property. The water tower (standpipe) for Peru is approximately 35 yards southwest of the station. In 1947, the U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey placed a their own bronze disk in concrete is what is believed to be the original Missouri River Commission's iron pipe. There was no mention by USC&GS if they had found the original cap affixed to the pipe. Probing indicates that the original Missouri River Commission's stone is below this bronze disk. Recovered by Gene Thomsen, David Hoffart, and Jerry Penry with assistance from the landowner.
View looking northeast over the station.
View looking south over the station
The 1947 bronze disk in the 1890 iron pipe.
The bronze disk placed by USC&GS in 1947 marked "PERU MORC 1947".
Reference mark No. 2.
The disk for Reference Mark No. 2.
View looking westerly toward the water tower.
View looking northerly up the Missouri River from a point near the station.
© Jerry Penry 2014
