Engineering Department Standard of Measure - Salt Lake City, UT
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Chasing Blue Sky
N 40° 45.628 W 111° 53.274
12T E 425056 N 4512546
This survey marker lies in the sidewalk on the southeast corner of 400 South State Stree in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.
Waymark Code: WMC8TW
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 08/09/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GEO*Trailblazer 1
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This plaque that is bolted into the center of the concrete sidewalk states the following:

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
SALT LAKE CITY

STANDARD OF MEASURE

Under this cover lies a granite survey monument. It extends approximately six feet deep and is five feet square at the base. There is a similar monument one hundred feet and another one four hundred feet to the East of here. Salt Lake City Engineering set these monuments in the year 1895. They were used as the Standard of Measure for surveying the blocks and streets as they exist today.
Type of survey mark: City Plaque over a Granite Block Post

What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?:
It is in the center of the sidewalk that runs next to 400 South. About 20 feet to the east is an Historical Marker denoted this lcation as Pioneer Camping Grounds.

What property is this mark defining?:
The blocks and streets of downtown Salt Lake City
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