
Water Tower #1 - Donna TX
Posted by:
PeterNoG
N 26° 10.421 W 098° 03.527
14R E 594058 N 2895259
This Water Tower is on the corner of Hester Avenue and North 5th Street in Donna, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMK20T
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2014
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The white tank has a yellow band with red trim, "1961 AA State Football Champions" and a picture of Redskin.
This water tower (DONNA MUN TANK NO 1) is also a benchmark -
AE1485
1974/01/01 by NGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1974 (ILC) THE STATION, DONNA MUNICIPAL WATER TANK NUMBER 1, IS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF A 7-LEGGED WATER TANK THAT IS PAINTED SILVER, IS 160 FEET HIGH, AND HAS DONNA TEXAS 78537 PAINTED ON IT IN BLACK LETTERS. TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF BUSINESS U.S. HIGHWAY 83 AND LOOP 433 IN DONNA, GO WEST ON HIGHWAY 83 FOR 0.35 MILE TO A SIDE STREET RIGHT, THIRD STREET. TURN RIGHT ON THIRD STREET, CROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS, THEN TURN RIGHT AGAIN AND GO EAST ON ROBERTS AVENUE FOR 0.2 MILE TO NORTH FIFTH STREET. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH ON NORTH FIFTH STREET FOR 0.05 MILE TO THE TANK ON THE LEFT, AT THE CORNER OF HESTER AVENUE AND NORTH FIFTH STREET.