W 263 - Spokane, WA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 47° 39.261 W 117° 26.144
11T E 467280 N 5277975
This is a Benchmark disc on a railway overpass on the western edge of downtown Spokane.
Waymark Code: WMTEGY
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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The railway, and the bridge, is running at an angle here so it crosses over an intersection - Maple Street and 2nd Avenue. Scramble up the embankment and one will see the BM behind a chain link fence in the top of the southeast wingwall, just off the end of the steel girder.

If you're looking for a place to eat after chasing Benchmarks, try Frank's Diner, a railcar diner immediately east of the north end of this bridge. They've been voted best breakfast in town for something like 15 straight years.

STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1965
IN SPOKANE.
AT SPOKANE, SPOKANE COUNTY, ABOUT 1.0 MILE WEST ALONG THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY FROM THE STATION, 67.6 FEET EAST OF MILEPOST 1, AT THE STEEL BRIDGE OVER SECOND AVENUE AND MAPLE STREET, IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTHWEST WING WALL, 7 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST RAIL, AND 1.4 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE STEEL GIRDER. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED W263 1944. NOTE-- AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE BRIDGE, IN THE SOUTHEAST WING WALL.
From the NGS Datasheet

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Frank's Diner

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: W 263

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Spokane

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): SPOKANE NW

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: SV0702

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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