DG0148 - Delaware Ave and Woodland Ave – Atlanta, GA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
N 33° 43.916 W 084° 21.083
16S E 745393 N 3735584
Located in the sidewalk under a cast iron cover labeled USC&GS on the south side of Delaware Ave just east of the intersection with Woodland Ave.
Waymark Code: WM8JY8
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 04/11/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 2

Located in the sidewalk under a cast iron cover labeled USC&GS on the south side of Delaware Ave just east of the intersection with Woodland Ave.

Designation: WOODLAND
Marker Type: triangulation station disk
Setting: set into the top of a round concrete monument
Stability: May hold, but of type commonly subject to surface motion.


Documented History (by the NGS)

1/1/1927 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

1/1/1952 by NGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 IN ATLANTA. IN ATLANTA, FULTON COUNTY, ABOUT 2.6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN FIVE POINTS, 62 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF THE MANHOLE COVER THAT IS 13 FEET NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE CENTERLINES OF WOODLAND AND DELAWARE AVENUES, S.E., 19 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OR 3.5 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH CURB OF THE LATTER, AND 40.5 FEET EAST OF THE EAST CURB OF WOODLAND AVENUE. A STANDARD TRIANGULATION DISK IS STAMPED WOODLAND 1927 AND SET IN THE TOP OF CONCRETE POST THAT IS 0.5 FOOT BELOW A CAST-IRON COVER WHICH IS FLUSH WITH THE SIDEWALK SURFACE.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: WOODLAND

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Benchmark Agency (if other): N/A

Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk

Monumentation type (if other): N/A

County: Fulton

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Southeast Atlanta

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): N/A

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: DG0148

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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