AW5884: GALVESTON ICE STORAGE CO STACK - Galveston TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member PeterNoG
N 29° 18.521 W 094° 47.507
15R E 325986 N 3243518
This Benchmark is the smoke stack on Harborside Drive between 20th and 21st Street in Galveston, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMJR3N
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/22/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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- numerous 'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION' recovery notes have been omitted -

1933/01/01 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1933 (EOH) NEAR THE GALVESTON WATERFRONT, ON AVENUE A BETWEEN TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST STREETS. STATION IS THE RED BRICK STACK, ABOUT 100 FEET HIGH, ON THE GALVESTON ICE AND COLD STORAGE COMPANY PROPERTY.

1979/01/01 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1979 (PBW) RECOVERED IN APPARENT GOOD CONDITION. DESCRIPTION BY EOH IN 1933 IS ADEQUATE. DESCRIBED--RAH AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--AT GALVESTON.

1985/01/01 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1985 (EJS) STATION FOUND GOOD. RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED BY GEV 1962. DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--IN GALVESTON.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: GALVESTON ICE STORAGE CO STACK

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Benchmark Agency (if other): n/a

Monumentation type: other (not any of the below)

Monumentation type (if other): 63 - stack

County: Galveston County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Galveston

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): n/a

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: AW5884

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

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