AE1661 Roma Municipal Tank -- Roma TX - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This cool old metal tank on a concrete tank is an NGS benchmark. It can be seen from all over the historic Texas border town of Roma.

From the NGS Datasheet:

AE1661 DESIGNATION - ROMA MUN TANK
AE1661 PID - AE1661
AE1661 STATE/COUNTY- TX/STARR
AE1661 COUNTRY - US
AE1661 USGS QUAD - ROMA-LOS SAENZ WEST (1965)
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AE1661 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
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AE1661* NAD 83(1993) POSITION- 26 24 23.72340(N) 099 01 09.73030(W) ADJUSTED
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AE1661_MARKER: 53 = ELEVATED TANK
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AE1661 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
AE1661 HISTORY - 1974 FIRST OBSERVED NGS
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AE1661 STATION DESCRIPTION
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AE1661'DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1974 (ILC)
AE1661'THE STATION, ROMA MUNICIPAL WATER TANK, IS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF
AE1661'A SILVER TANK SETTING ON A WHITE CONCRETE PEDESTAL, OWNED BY THE
AE1661'CITY OF ROMA WITH A COMBINED HEIGHT OF 125 FEET.
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AE1661'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN ROMA GO SOUTHEAST ON
AE1661'U.S. HIGHWAY 83 FOR 0.35 MILE TO A CROSSROAD, TURN RIGHT AND GO
AE1661'SOUTH ON A PAVED ROAD FOR 0.15 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: -blank- Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Elevated Tank County: Starr Co TX USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Roma-Los Saenz West 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: AE1661 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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