OB 6 1 - Kettle Valley, WA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 48° 36.338 W 118° 04.511
11U E 420740 N 5384175
This Survey Disc is monumented on the railway overpass over Highway 25, just south of the Highway 25 - Highway 395 junction west of the town of Kettle Falls in Stevens County.
Waymark Code: WMTEGJ
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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State Highway 22 is now State Highway 25. The Survey Disc is monumented on the top of the southwest abutment of the railway overpass, easy enough to spot once one climbs up the embankment to the west end of the overpass. The bridge is dated 1940 and the disc was monumented in the next year, 1941.

STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1946
1.0 MI W FROM KETTLE FALLS.
1.0 MILE WEST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY NO.395 FROM THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY STATION AT KETTLE FALLS, AT THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 395 AND STATE HIGHWAY NO. 22, IN TOP OF THE WEST CONCRETE ABUTMENT AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY OVERPASS OVER STATE HIGHWAY NO.22, 6.7 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RAIL, AND LEVEL WITH THE TRACKS.
From the NGS Datasheet
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: OB 6 1

Benchmark Agency: Bureau of Reclamation

Monumentation type: Survey Mark

County: Stevens

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): KETTLE FALLS

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: TP0051

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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