L51 1918 - Bay City, TX
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jhuoni
N 28° 58.982 W 095° 58.220
15R E 210573 N 3209742
Stuck in the side of the old Bay City Bank building, just to the right and below the Texas Historical Marker.
Waymark Code: WMTKW1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2016
Views: 2
For those who like to follow the complicated directions:
01/01/1972 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1972 IN BAY CITY. AT BAY CITY, AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF AVENUE F (STATE HIGHWAY 60) AND SEVENTH STREET (STATE HIGHWAY 35), SET VERTICALLY IN THE SOUTH FACE OF A BRICK WALL OF A LARGE BRICK BUILDING (FORMER BAY CITY BANK BUILDING), 11.0 FEET WEST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, 3.0 FEET WEST OF THE WEST EDGE OF A DOOR, 14.4 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH CURB OF THE STREET, 24.3 FEET WEST OF THE WEST CURB OF THE AVENUE, AND ABOUT 3 1/2 FEET HIGHER THAN THE SIDEWALK.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: L 51 1918
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey and State Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, USA
Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge
NGS PID: AM0185
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed
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