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NASHVILLE TV Station WSM - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com
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NASHVILLE TV Station WSM
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CuriousBM
N 36° 08.457 W 086° 51.941
16S E 512084 N 3999590
NASHVILLE TV Station WSM
Waymark Code:
WMPN59
Location:
Tennessee, United States
Date Posted:
09/24/2015
Published By:
Ernmark
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01/01/1959 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (CAA) THE STATION IS LOCATED ON TOP OF A PROMINENT HILL ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF THE CENTER OF NASHVILLE AND 0.4 MILE SOUTH OF CHARLOTTE ROAD (U.S. HIGHWAY 70). IT IS A 4-LEGGED STEEL TRUSS STRUCTURE SUPPORTED BY MANY GUY CABLES, IS PAINTED ALTERNATELY RED AND WHITE, HAS RED FLASHING LIGHT THROUGHOUT ITS HEIGHT AND AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 1368 FEET. THE FLASHING RED LIGHT 1.0 FOOT BELOW THE TOP OF THE MAST WAS THE POINT OBSERVED UPON. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE WEST STATION POST OFFICE AT 4507 CHARLOTTE ROAD IN NASHVILLE, GO WEST AND SOUTHWEST ON CHARLOTTE ROAD (U.S. HIGHWAY 70) FOR 1.9 MILES TO WATTS LANE ON THE LEFT, TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH ON WATTS LANE FOR 0.4 MILE TO A LOCKED GATE AND THE STATION ABOUT 100 YARDS SOUTH.
01/01/1970 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970 (WMJ) THE STATION WAS VISITED 5/70 AND RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN 1959.
Condition:
Mark found in good condition
Designation:
NASHVILLE TV STA WSM NEW MAST
Benchmark Agency:
National Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type:
Radio/TV Mast
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:
GC2277
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Benchmark Agency (if other):
Not listed
Monumentation type (if other):
Not listed
Special Category (if other):
Not listed
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