FA1155 SECOND - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

01/01/1974 by NCGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1974 (JDB) SECOND IS A N. C. GEODETIC SURVEY TRAVERSE STATION ESTABLISHED IN THE VICINITY OF ALBEMARLE, NORTH CAROLINA. SECOND IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN ALBEMARLE. TO REACH STATION FROM THE U.S. 52 UNDERPASS OF NC 24 - NC 27, AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF ALBEMARLE, PROCEED NORTH ALONG U.S. 52 FOR 0.35 MILE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH SECOND STREET, AND STATION IN Y OF INTERSECTION. 0.45 MILE SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF U.S. 52 AND NC 73 IN CENTER OF ALBEMARLE. STATION MARK IS A STANDARD N. C. BRASS TRAVERSE DISK, STAMPED SECOND 1974, SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE CYLINDER, THE TOP OF WHICH IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. MARK IS 24.5 FT ENE OF C/L OF U.S. 52 15.8 FT WSW OF C/L OF SECOND STREET 47.0 FT NNW OF SOUTH END OF CURB AT Y INTERSECTION 1.3 FT WSW OF EAST EDGE OF WEST CURB OF SECOND STREET 29.4 FT SW OF CENTER OF METAL DRAINAGE COVER ON EAST SIDE OF SECOND STREET 64.4 FT NNE OF PP WITH STREET LIGHT WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG 48.5 FT SE OF PP WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG

The last find by an agency was in 1996. There are several finds by cachers.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: SECOND Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRAVERSE STATION Disk County: Stanly Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: FA1155 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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