Water Tower - Sykeston ND
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PeterNoG
N 47° 27.949 W 099° 24.006
14T E 469847 N 5257008
This Water Tower is on B Street near Main Avenue NW in Sykeston, North Dakota.
Waymark Code: WMJWV8
Location: North Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 01/08/2014
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The water tower is also a benchmark -
SM1195
1941/01/01 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1941 (WNM) STATION IS LOCATED IN THE EXTREME N CENTER OF THE CITY OF SYKESTON ABOUT 75 YARDS N OF B AVENUE, 18 PACES S OF A AVENUE, 75 YARDS E OF HUGHS STREET, AND 32 PACES W OF MAIN STREET. THE STRUCTURE IS OF STEEL, PAINTED BLACK, AND IS SUPPORTED BY FOUR TRUSSWORK LEGS. THE STANDPIPE IS 3 FEET IN DIAMETER AND IS LOCATED 11 PACES WSW OF THE SW CORNER OF THE WATER SYSTEM BUILDING. THE POINT LOCATED WAS THE ROUND BALL ON TOP OF THE TOWER WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 125 FEET HIGH. THE WHITE LETTERS SYKESTON ARE PAINTED ON THE S SIDE OF THE TANK.
1960/01/01 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 (FAR) THIS INTERSECTION STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED AND THE ONLY CHANGE THAT SHOULD BE NOTED IS THAT THE TANK HAS BEEN PAINTED SILVER AND THE NAME SYKESTON APPEARS IN BLACK LETTERS.