Murfreesboro Carnation Plant
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member CuriousBM
N 35° 50.933 W 086° 24.134
16S E 553978 N 3967351
Murfreesboro Carnation Plant
Waymark Code: WMPTYC
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 (SLH) IT IS A REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURE, PAINTED WHITE WITH A 20 FOOT SECTION AT THE TOP PAINTED BLACK. IT IS 20 FEET IN DIAMETER AT THE BASE AND 5.5 FEET INSIDE DIAMETER AT THE TOP. THE OVER-ALL HEIGHT IS 180 FEET. THE TOP AND CENTER WAS THE POINT INTERSECTED.

IT IS LOCATED AT THE CARNATION PLANT, 0.2 MILE SOUTHWEST OF U S HIGHWAY 70S, ON CARNATION LANE.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: MURFREESBORO CARNATION CO STK

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Stack

County: Murfreesboro, TN

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Murfreesboro (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

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NGS PID: FD1415

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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