KG0637 Osborne Co. Courthouse Clock Tower --Osborne KS
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N 39° 26.266 W 098° 42.080
14S E 525702 N 4365400
The Romanesque-style Osborne County Courthouse clock tower is also NGS benchmark KG0637.
Waymark Code: WMGXQT
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/21/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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The beautiful Osborne Co. Courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Its clock tower is also NGS benchmark KG0637: (visit link)

KG0637 DESIGNATION - OSBORNE CO CTHSE CLOCK TOWER
KG0637 PID - KG0637
KG0637 STATE/COUNTY- KS/OSBORNE
KG0637 COUNTRY - US
KG0637 USGS QUAD - OSBORNE (1979)
KG0637
KG0637 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
KG0637 ______________________________________________________________________
KG0637 NAD 83 POS- 39 26 15.88737(N) 098 42 04.95685(W) ADJUSTED
KG0637 ______________________________________________________________________
KG0637
KG0637_MARKER: 55 = TOWER
KG0637
KG0637 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
KG0637 HISTORY - 1950 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
KG0637 HISTORY - 20060614 GOOD GEOCAC
KG0637
KG0637 STATION DESCRIPTION
KG0637
KG0637'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (RLE)
KG0637'THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF OSBORNE,
KG0637'THE ONLY BUILDING IN THE BLOCK. IT IS A CLOCK TOWER ON THE
KG0637'NORTH END OF A STONE BUILDING WITH AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 80
KG0637'FEET. THE POINT OBSERVED UPON WAS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF
KG0637'THE CLOCK TOWER.
KG0637
KG0637 STATION RECOVERY (2006)
KG0637
KG0637'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2006 (CB)
KG0637'GEOCAC FIRST REPORT.
KG0637'MARK RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

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Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: other (not any of the below)

Monumentation type (if other): Tower

County: Osborne

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Osborne

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: KG0637

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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