944 7614 TIDAL 3 - Mukilteo, WA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member riston2
N 47° 56.900 W 122° 18.350
10T E 551833 N 5310790
A mark set up in 1935 on the side of a lighthouse
Waymark Code: WM57F0
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
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This mark is embedded in the base of the Mukilteo Lighthouse. It doesn't seem to be in the best condition as it has been painted over in green paint making it hard to read. It is listed on geocaching.com here. It was described in 1973 by the National Geodetic Survey:

DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1973 IN MUKILTEO. AT MUKILTEO, 0.05 MILE WEST ALONG FRONT STREET FROM THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 525, AT THE U.S. COAST GUARD MUKILTEO LIGHT STATION PROPERTY, AT THE LIGHTHOUSE, SET VERTICALLY IN THE SOUTH FACE OF THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE BUILDING, 1.5 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, 84 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF FRONT STREET, ABOUT 1 1/2 FEET HIGHER THAN THE STREET AND 1/2 FOOT ABOVE THE SIDEWALK. 1/4, SEC 4, T28N, R4E. NOTE-- THE MARK HAS A BOARD OVERHANG 0.5 FOOT ABOVE THE MARK.

Condition: Mark found in poor condition

Designation: 944 7614 TIDAL 3

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Benchmark Agency (if other): US Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

Monumentation type (if other): Benchmark

County: Mukilteo, WA

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): 12?

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: SY0055

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed
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