LAGRANGE 2 AZ MK 2(CE6798) - LaGrange OH - Azimuth Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

01/01/1970 by NGS (SEE DESCRIPTION)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970 (LFS) THE STATION MARK AND REFERENCE MARKS WERE FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. THE SITE OF THE AZIMUTH MARK HAS BEEN GRADED AND THE MARK IS ASSUMED TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED SINCE WHAT IS THOUGHT TO BE THE POST WAS FOUND WITH THE TOP GONE. A NEW AZIMUTH MARK WAS SET. THE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION TO THE REFERENCE MARKS CHECKED. THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION WAS VERY POOR AND A NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS- THE STATION IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF LAGRANGE, AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDS, 51 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST RAIL OF RAILROAD TRACKS, 5 FEET WEST OF A CONCRETE FENCE POST, 1 FOOT WEST OF A METAL WITNESS POST, 140 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A GAS PUMP, 116 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A POWER TRANSFORMER POLE, 29 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF A CIRCULAR DRIVE, 219 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SCHOOL BUS GARAGE AND 45 FEET NORTHEAST OF A TELEPHONE POLE. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED LAGRANGE 2 1962. (NOTE 1A 7A) REFERENCE MARK 3 IS 85 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE POWER POLE, 26 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF STREET AND 2 FEET EAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED LAGRANGE 2 NO 3 1962. REFERENCE MARK 4 IS 183 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE GARAGE, 9 FEET NORTHEAST OF A TELEPHONE POLE AND 22 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE CIRCULAR DRIVE. THE MONUMENT PROJECTS 4 INCHES AND THE DISK IS STAMPED LAGRANGE 2 NO 4 1962. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 0.25 MILE WEST ALONG THE DRIVE AND LIBERTY STREET, 11 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF LIBERTY ST., 97 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH CENTER STREET (STATE HIGHWAY 301), 63 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF A 2 STORY FRAME HOUSE (202 NORTH CENTER ST.) THE MONUMENT IS 6 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND AND THE DISK IS STAMPED LAGRANGE 2 1962 1970. IT IS 1 FOOT EAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST.

Azimuth Condition: Good Your Directions: From the circle in the center of LaGrange, go north for one block on North Center Street to a side road right. Turn right and go 97 feet east on Liberty Street to the mark on the left, 6 inches underground and 1 foot east of a steel witness post. Station Link: [Web Link] Parking Coords: Not Listed

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