DF2207 - ATHENS CITY HALL DOME - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

1/1/1975 by NGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1975 (JCL) THE STATION IS THE BALL UNDER EAGLE STATUE ATOP THE ATHENS CITY HALL DOME. THE DOME IS ATOP THE CLOCKTOWER WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CITY HALL BUILDING. IT IS A GREEN DOME IN COLOR AND APPROXIMATELY 110 FEET HIGH. LOCATED IN THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF ATHENS, 105 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF COLLEGE AVENUE AND 150 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF HANCOCK AVENUE.

First located by fort rectus on 5/24/2004.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: -blank- Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: other (not any of the below) Monumentation type (if other): dome County: Clarke USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Downtown Athens Historic District, USGS Athens West 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: DF2207 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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