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PR0805 Pipestone Municipal Standpipe -- Pipestone MN - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com
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PR0805 Pipestone Municipal Standpipe -- Pipestone MN
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N 44° 00.097 W 096° 18.653
14T E 715594 N 4875568
The ultra cool landmark Pipestone Municipal Standpipe tank in Pipestone MN is also NGS Benchmark PR0805.
Waymark Code:
WMJQ2H
Location:
Minnesota, United States
Date Posted:
12/16/2013
Published By:
NW_history_buff
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This unique standpipe tank was bult in the 1880sand is still serving the citizens of Pipestone MN today. It is listed in the NGS Database as NGS benchmark PR0805.
PR0805 DESIGNATION - PIPESTONE MUNICIPAL STANDPIPE
PR0805 PID - PR0805
PR0805 STATE/COUNTY- MN/PIPESTONE
PR0805 USGS QUAD - PIPESTONE NORTH (1967)
PR0805
PR0805 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
PR0805 ___________________________________________________________________
PR0805* NAD 83(1996)- 44 00 05.82024(N) 096 18 39.20176(W) ADJUSTED
PR0805_____________________________________________________________
PR0805
PR0805_MARKER: 52 = STANDPIPE TANK
PR0805
PR0805 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
PR0805 HISTORY - 1935 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
PR0805 HISTORY - 1981 GOOD MNDT
PR0805
PR0805 STATION DESCRIPTION
PR0805
PR0805''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (CIA)
PR0805''POINT SIGHTED UPON WAS CENTER OF TOP OF MUNICIPAL WATER TANK
PR0805''LOCATED IN NE PORTION OF PIPESTONE, BETWEEN SECOND ST NE AND
PR0805''RR TRACKS. CONSTRUCTED OF CONCRETE, BOWL BEING SUPPORTED BY
PR0805''CONCRETE CYLINDER APPROXIMATELY SAME DIAMETER AS BOWL. BUILT
PR0805''IN 1922, 125 FEET HIGH.
PR0805
PR0805 STATION RECOVERY (1981)
PR0805
PR0805''RECOVERY NOTE BY MN DEPT OF TRANSP 1981 (DKH)
PR0805''THE STATION WAS RECOVERED GOOD CONDITION AS DESCRIBED IN 1935.
PR0805''
PR0805''THE STANDPIPE WAS OBSERVED FM STATIONS SOTADAK AZ MK, WARMER,
PR0805'' AND WARMER ECC.
Condition:
Mark found in good condition
Designation:
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Benchmark Agency:
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type:
Standpipe Tank
County:
Pipestone County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional):
Pipestone
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NGS PID:
PR0805
Benchmark Agency (if other):
Not listed
Monumentation type (if other):
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Special category (optional):
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Special Category (if other):
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