This water tank is on top of the Chamberlain Company Building (originally the American Can Company) located at Jasper St and E14th Avenue in North Kansas City, Mo. The water tank has definitely seen better days.
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KE1436 DESIGNATION - KANSAS CITY AMERICAN CAN CO TK
KE1436 PID - KE1436
KE1436 STATE/COUNTY- MO/CLAY
KE1436 USGS QUAD - NORTH KANSAS CITY (1997)
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KE1436 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
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KE1436* NAD 83(1997)- 39 08 01.01952(N) 094 34 12.00545(W) ADJUSTED
KE1436* NAVD 88 -
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KE1436 LAPLACE CORR- -0.78 (seconds) DEFLEC99
KE1436 GEOID HEIGHT- -32.46 (meters) GEOID99
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KE1436 HORZ ORDER - THIRD
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KE1436.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
KE1436.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in February 2000.
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KE1436.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections.
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KE1436.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.
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KE1436; North East Units Scale Converg.
KE1436;SPC MO W - 329,284.527 843,947.798 MT 0.99994163 -0 02 39.0
KE1436;SPC KS N - 94,455.951 696,485.698 MT 0.99995893 +2 10 12.8
KE1436;UTM 15 - 4,332,777.860 364,303.387 MT 0.99982673 -0 59 27.7
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KE1436 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
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KE1436 NAD 83(1997)- 39 08 01.01952(N) 094 34 12.00547(W) AD( ) 4
KE1436 NAD 83(1986)- 39 08 01.02671(N) 094 34 12.00027(W) AD( ) 4
KE1436 NAD 27 - 39 08 01.01164(N) 094 34 11.15931(W) AD( ) 3
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KE1436.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
KE1436.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
KE1436.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
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KE1436_MARKER: 53 = ELEVATED TANK
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KE1436 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
KE1436 HISTORY - 1934 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
KE1436 HISTORY - 1946 GOOD CGS
KE1436 HISTORY - 1972 GOOD NGS
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KE1436 STATION DESCRIPTION
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KE1436''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (CAS)
KE1436''THIS STATION IS THE TANK ON THE MAIN BUILDING OF THE AMERICAN
KE1436''CAN COMPANY, IN NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. IT IS LOCATED AT
KE1436''911 FOURTEENTH AVENUE, ABOUT 80 FEET S OF FOURTEENTH AVENUE AND
KE1436''ABOUT 240 FEET E OF THE E SIDE OF THE MAIN BUILDING OF THE COOK
KE1436''PAINT AND VARNISH COMPANY. THE TANK WAS ERECTED IN 1917 AND IS
KE1436''VERY PROMINENT.
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KE1436''THE TANK SETS ON A BLACK METAL FRAMEWORK ON THE CENTER OF THE
KE1436''BUILDING. THE BUILDING IS ABOUT 100 FEET HIGH AND THE FRAMEWORK
KE1436''IS ABOUT 20 FEET HIGH. AN OVAL SECTION EXTENDS DOWNWARD TOWARD
KE1436''THE ROOF ABOUT 10 FEET. THE SILVER VERTICAL SECTION IS ABOUT
KE1436''20 FEET HIGH AND HAS THE WORDS AMERICAN CAN COMPANY PAINTED IN
KE1436''BLACK LETTERS ON THE N AND S SIDES. THE BLACK CONICAL ROOF HAS
KE1436''PROJECTING EAVES AND A BLACK BALL AT ITS APEX. THE TOTAL
KE1436''HEIGHT IS ABOUT 130 FEET.
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KE1436 STATION RECOVERY (1946)
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KE1436''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1946 (RGH)
KE1436''THE DESCRIPTION IS ADEQUATE.
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KE1436 STATION RECOVERY (1972)
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KE1436''RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1972 (ILC)
KE1436''THE STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AND THE DESCRIPTION IS
KE1436''ADEQUATE. THE TANK AND FRAME IS PAINTED SILVER AND HAS AMERICAN CAN
KE1436''CO LETTERED IN RED ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES.