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AW5884: GALVESTON ICE STORAGE CO STACK - Galveston TX - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com
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AW5884: GALVESTON ICE STORAGE CO STACK - Galveston TX
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Posted by:
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:
Ernmark
Views:
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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
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NGS PID:
AW5884
Local database's URL (optional):
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