"Love" Triangulation Station in Nashville, TN - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

01/01/1933 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1933 (GLA) ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATE CAPITOL IN NASHVILLE, 1 MILE WEST OF VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, IN SOUTHWEST EDGE OF TOWN, AND ON TOP OF LOVE CIRCLE RESERVOIR. TO REACH FROM NASHVILLE POST OFFICE, GO WEST ON BROADWAY TO WEST END DRIVE, CONTINUE ON THIS STREET TO ORLEANS STREET, TURN LEFT AND GO UP HILL TO RESERVOIR AND STATION SITE. STATION IS ON EAST EDGE OF RESERVOIR, 103.8 FEET EAST OF NORTHEAST CORNER OF SMALL BRICK VALVE HOUSE, 76.5 FEET SOUTHEAST OF NORTHERNMOST VENTILATOR, AND 54.5 FEET EAST OF SOUTHERNMOST VENTILATOR. SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MARKS ARE STANDARD STATION DISKS IN CONCRETE. SURFACE MARK PROJECTS 2 INCHES ABOVE GROUND. REFERENCE MARKS ARE STANDARD REFERENCE DISKS IN CONCRETE. NO. 1, PROJECTING 2 INCHES ABOVE GROUND, IS 21.4 FEET EAST OF RESERVOIR WALL, BESIDE EAST CURB OF ROAD, AND ABOUT 30 FEET BELOW AND 118.80 FEET (SLOPE DISTANCE) FROM STATION. NO. 2, FLUSH WITH GROUND, IS 21 FEET EAST OF RESERVOIR WALL, BESIDE EAST CURB OF ROAD, AND ABOUT 28 FEET BELOW AND 146.50 FEET (SLOPE DISTANCE) FROM STATION. REFERENCE MARKS ARE 204.30 FEET (SLOPE DISTANCE) APART. STATION DILLON (SEE DESCRIPTION AND GEOGRAPHIC POSITION THEREOF) IS VISIBLE FROM GROUND.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: LOVE Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: Nashville, TN USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Nashville West (1983) Special category (optional): Not listed 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: GC0454 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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