EB2636 - RADIO STATION WEWO MAST, Laurinburg, NC - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Documented History (by the NGS)
1/1/1949 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1949 (LWS) STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 74 BETWEEN MAXTON AND LAURINBURG. IT IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE, 235 FEET HIGH AND PAINTED RED AND WHITE BY SECTIONS. THE POINT OBSERVED ON WAS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF THE MAST. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 74 AND STATE HIGHWAY 130 IN MAXTON, GO WEST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 74 FOR 4 MILES TO STATION ON THE LEFT.
1/1/1968 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 (NCS) LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 74 AND NORTH OF BYPASS 74, AND ABOUT 5.0 MILES ALONG THAT HIGHWAY NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF MAXTON, JUST AFTER CROSSING THE BRIDGE OVER LEITHS CREEK. STATION MANAGER STATES THAT THE MAST HAS NOT BEEN ALTERED SINCE 1949. TO REACH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 401 AND 74 (BUSINESS ROUTES) IN THE CENTER OF LAURINBURG, GO SOUTHEAST ON 74 FOR 2.2 MILES TO THE MAST ON THE RIGHT, IN REAR OF THE BRICK BUILDING THAT HOUSES THE RADIO STATION. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN 2.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAURINBURG.
1/1/1977 by NCGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1977 (LFS) THE STATION, LAURINBURG, WEWO AM-FM RADIO MAST IS A RED LIGHT ON TOP OF A 250 FOOT TRIANGULAR MAST, ALTERNATELY RED AND WHITE. THE STATION IS 1.6 MILE EAST OF EAST LAURINBURG ON SOUTH SIDE OF US 74 BUSNESS, 0.2 MILE WEST OF US 74 BUSINESS AND BYPASS MERGER AND AT RADIO STATION OFFICE.
1/1/1985 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1985 (WKB) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: RADIO STATION WEWO MAST Benchmark Agency: other (not included below) Benchmark Agency (if other): NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY Monumentation type: Radio/TV Mast County: Scotland 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: EB2636 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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