MD1563-FORT WAYNE LINCOLN BLDG-Fort Wayne Indiana - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

The description of this waymark is the following on geocaching.com:

01/01/1946 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1946 (RCB) STATION IS LOCATED ATOP THE LINCOLN LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING ON WASHINGTON STREET IN DOWNTOWN FT. WAYNE. THE BEACON IS MOUNTED IN THE DOME ON THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING AND THE FLAGPOLE IS ON THE APEX OF THE DOME. THE POINT OBSERVED ON WAS THE BASE OF THE FLAGPOLE WHICH IS DIRECTLY OVER THE CENTER OF THE BEACON. THE STATION IS APPROXIMATELY 350 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THIS IS AN INTERSECTION STATION.
01/01/1963 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1963 (VRS) THO IT SEEMS QUITE DEFINITE THAT THE STATION WAS FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION, THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION RECORDS THE NAME OF THE STATION AND ITS LOCATION INCORRECTLY. IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN FORT WAYNE, SE OF AND JUST ACROSS BERRY STREET FROM THE COURTHOUSE, THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY THE TALLEST IN FORT WAYNE AND LOCATED ON THE S SIDE OF BERRY STREET ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN CALHOUN AND CLINTON STREETS, A SHORT FLAGPOLE IS SET ATOP CENTER OF A SMALL DOME WHICH HOUSES A REVOLVING AVIATION BEACON ALONG WITH A FIXED LIGHT DIRECTED APPARENTLY TOWARD THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT OR BAER FIELD. THE TOP OF THE POLE IS AN ESTIMATED 350 FEET ABOVE GROUND. IN VIEW OF THE CONFLICTING STATEMENTS IN ABOVE AND ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION, UNDERSIGNED INQUIRED CONCERNING THE PRIOR EXISTENCE OF A LINCOLN LIFE BUILDING. APPARENTLY THERE WAS ONE ON OR NEAR WASHINGTON STREET, BUT IT WAS NOT NEAR SO HIGH AS THE SUBJECT BUILDING AND THERE WAS NEVER A BEACON ON IT. THE PRESENT LINCOLN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY BUILDING IS DIRECTLY ACROSS HARRISON STREET FROM THE MAIN POST OFFICE AND BORDERED BY THE SAID, DOUGLAS, CALHOUN, AND BRACKENRIDGE STREETS SOME 5 BLOCKS S AND A HALF-BLOCK W OF THE SUBJECT BUILDING AS THE STREETS RUN. A MENTAL-ARITHMETIC INVERSE COMPUTATION BETWEEN THE SUBJECT STATION AND OLD WOWO ANTENNA ON KEENAN HOTEL INDICATES CONCLUSIONS HEREIN CORRECT. KEENAN HOTEL THO ANTENNA IS GONE IS 1-1/2 BLOCKS W AND ABOUT 3 BLOCKS S OF THE SUBJECT BLDG.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: -blank- Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Cupola County: Allen County USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): FORT WAYNE WEST Special category (optional): Not listed 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] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed NGS PID: Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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