Seattle Space Needle (SY4314) - Seattle, WA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

The Space Needle is listed in the database of the National Geodetic Survey as a non-disk benchmark (an intersection station)- The descriptions given in 1962 & 1973 are listed below:

"DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1962 (MEW) THE STATION IS THE 606-FOOT HIGH STRUCTURE AT THE SITE OF THE SEATTLE WORLDS FAIR, ABOUT ONE BLOCK WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 5TH AVE. AND BROAD STREET. OBJECT SIGHTED UPON IS THE RED LIGHT ATOP THE TORCH. ELEVATION OF THE TOWER WAS OBTAINED AS FOLLOWS-- ELEVATION OF BENCH MARK CENTURY 21 AND BASE LINE BY LEVELING FROM 3A1 S2 (CITY), WASHINGTON LEVEL LINE NO. 90. ELEVATION TO BASE OF TORCH, ABOVE BASE LINE, FROM BUILDERS PLANS. ELEVATION OF OBSTRUCTION LIGHT ABOVE BASE OF TORCH, BY DIRECT MEASUREMENT, WITH STEEL TAPE."

"RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1973 (JLC) STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN 1962. THE POINT INTERSECTED WAS THE LIGHT ON THE TOP OF THE SPACE NEEDLE. IT IS ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN SEATTLE, IN THE SEATTLE CENTER AND ONE BLOCK WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 5TH AVE. N AND N BROAD ST. THE STRUCTURE IS 606 FEET HIGH WITH RESTAURANT AND OBSERVATION DECK ON TOP."

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: -blank- Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Benchmark Agency (if other): NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY Monumentation type: other (not any of the below) County: Seattle USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Seattle South - WA 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: SY4314 Monumentation type (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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