MLGW GPS Control Point 098
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member CuriousBM
N 35° 08.143 W 089° 53.222
16S E 236950 N 3891908
MLGW GPS Control Point 098 35 08 08.55652(N) 089 53 13.34251(W
Waymark Code: WMQ54P
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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DESCRIBED BY MEMPHIS LIGHT GAS AND WATER 1993

THE STATION IS LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 0.25 MILES (0.40 KM) WEST OF BRENNAN CITY PARK. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE INTERSECTION OF WALNUT GROVE ROAD AND WHITE STATION ROAD PROCEED NORTH ON WHITE STATION ROAD APPROXIMATELY 0.35 MILE (0.56 KM) TO RICH ROAD. THE STATION IS ON THE RIGHT. THE STATION IS A STAINLESS STEEL CAP WITH A PUNCHMARK SET ON A 2 INCH GALVANIZED PIPE ENCASED IN A 8 INCH ROUND TUBE FILLED WITH CONCRETE TO A DEPTH OF 30 INCHES. THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WHITE STATION ROAD AND RICH ROAD, 45.00 FEET (13.72 M) NORTH OF THE NORTH CURBLINE OF RICH ROAD, 11.80 FEET (3.60 M) WEST OF A 6 FOOT (1.8 M) WROUGHT IRON FENCE, 1.60 FEET (0.49 M) EAST OF THE EAST CURBLINE OF WHITE STATION ROAD. THE CAP AND CONCRETE ARE SET FLUSH WITH THE
GROUND.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 98

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): Memphis Light Gas & Water Division

Monumentation type: GPS STATION Disk

County: Memphis, TN

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Northeast Memphis (1997)

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: AJ2618

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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