SY3835 - 'SEATTLE U OF WASH DENNY HALL' - Seattle, WA
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N 47° 39.503 W 122° 18.521
10T E 551908 N 5278563
An NGS benchmark located at Denny Hall on the University of Washington campus.
Waymark Code: WMVDQ8
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this intersected point at Denny Hall in good condition. The benchmark is the intersected point at the top of a spire atop a cupola on Denny Hall.

NGS database info:

01/01/1934 by WAGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY WASHINGTON GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (EES) STATION IS ON UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CAMPUS.

01/01/1952 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (SG) CRIGINAL POSITION DETERMINED IN 1899 (ADMINISTRATION BLDG., SPIRE). THE SPIRE ON THE CUPOLA OF DENNY HALL, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. USED IN RECENT SURVEYS AS AZIMUTH FOR RESPECTIVE STATIONS.

01/01/1969 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1969 (NET) THE STATION WAS RECOVERED, ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CAMPUS, NEAR THE EXTENSION OF NORTHEAST FORTY-SECOND. AVENUE.

01/01/1973 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1973 (JLC) STATION WAS RECOVERED BUT NO PREVIOUS DATA WAS AVAILABLE. THE POINT INTERSECTED WAS THE TOP OF THE SPIRE ON THE CUPOLA OF DENNY HALL, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, WHICH IS NORTHEAST OF PORTAGE BAY AND NORTHWEST OF UNION BAY, ON THE EAST SIDE OF SEATTLE.

01/01/1983 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1983 (RS) STATION RECOVERED GOOD. RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.

STATION RECOVERY (2001)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 2001 (SWW)
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: SEATTLE U OF WASH DENNY HALL

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): Washington Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Cupola

County: King County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Seattle North

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: SY3835

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

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