GD1595 ~ CHARLESTON INDUSTRIAL TANK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz
N 36° 54.667 W 089° 20.605
16S E 291232 N 4087577
This Survey Mark is the top center of the elevated water tank located on the southeast corner of the junction of Gates and Chestnut Streets in Charleston, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMHF6Y
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/03/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1977 (LHW)
THE STATION IS THE TOP CENTER OF THE CHARLESTON INDUSTRIAL PARK WATER TANK WHICH IS OWNED BY THE OZARKS REGIONAL COMMISSION AND IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST EDGE OF CHARLESTON, 49 FEET SOUTH OF THE PROJECTED CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL DRIVE AND 77 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF SOUTH CHESTNUT STREET. THE TANK HAS A DOME SHAPED TOP AND A HEMISPHERICAL BOTTOM AND IS SUPPORTED BY 5 TUBULAR STEEL LEGS. IT IS LIGHT GREEN IN COLOR AND HAS AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF ABOUT 140 FEET.

Entire structure is now painted white with 'CHARLESTON' above in large blue letters and 'HOME OF THE BLUE JAYS' below in smaller blue letters, with a blue jay at each end of the lettering, on the main body of the tank.

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Benchmark Agency (if other): None

Monumentation type: Elevated Tank

Monumentation type (if other): None

County: Mississippi

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Charleston (1993)

Special Category (if other): None

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: GD1595

Special category (optional): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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