Belmont Harbour Benchmark C0041-2B
Posted by: Cryogen
N 41° 56.538 W 087° 38.023
16T E 447469 N 4643564
Survey control station on the Belmont Harbour sea wall.
Waymark Code: WM9MH0
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2010
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STATION IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO WITHIN LINCOLN PARK OF THE
CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT, APPROXIMATELY 3.4 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF
NAVY PIER IN SECTION 21, T40N, R14E. TO REACH FROM US RT 41(LAKE
SHORE DRIVE) AND GRAND AVENUE AT NAVY PIER, PROCEED NORTH ON
LAKE SHORE DRIVE TO THE RECREATION DRIVE EXIT, TAKE RECREATION
DRIVE EXIT RAMP TO 3 WAY STOP, TURN RIGHT(SOUTHEAST) ON BELMONT
HARBOR DRIVE, CONTINUE ON BELMONT HARBOR DRIVE TO PARKING LOT
THAT FALLS ON THE EAST SIDE OF BELMONT HARBOR. CONTINUE ON FOOT
SOUTHEAST 550 FT TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MOUTH TO BELMONT
HARBOR, STATION IS 15 FT EAST OF THE IRON SEAWALL ON THE BELMONT
HARBOR SIDE, 92.7 FT NORTHWEST OF A NAVIGATION LIGHT, 82.4 FT WEST
OF A DECIDUOUS TREE. STATION IS A 4 INCH BRONZE SURVEY DISC SET IN
THE LOWER CONCRETE APRON OF SEVERAL CONCRETE TIERS, 1.5 FT SOUTH
AND 6.0 FT EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF CONCRETE APRON AND THE
SIDEWALK THAT RUNS ALONG THE SEAWALL. STATION IS 7.6 FT SOUTHEAST
OF A CUT ARROW IN SIDEWALK AND 16.4 FT WEST OF A CUT ARROW ON THE
FIRST CONCRETE STEP TO THE EAST. NOTE- STATION IS A 4 INCH BRONZE
SURVEY DISC SET IN CONCRETE BLOCK.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: C0041-2B
Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: Control Monument, Survey Control, Control Survey
Monumentation type (if other): GPS Control Monument
County: Chicago
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Chicago Loop (1997)
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: AJ2813
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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