AW6632 Humble Municipal Tank -- Humble TX - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

The Humble Municipal tank stands tall in 2017 next to the railroad tracks near the Business 1960.

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"AW6632 DESIGNATION - HUMBLE MUNICIPAL TANK
AW6632 PID - AW6632
AW6632 STATE/COUNTY- TX/HARRIS
AW6632 USGS QUAD - HUMBLE (1982)
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AW6632 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
AW6632 ___________________________________________________________________
AW6632* NAD 83(1993)- 29 59 46.24200(N) 095 15 58.43976(W) ADJUSTED
AW6632* NAVD 88 -
AW6632 ___________________________________________________________________
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AW6632_MARKER: 53 = ELEVATED TANK
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AW6632 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
AW6632 HISTORY - 1942 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
AW6632 HISTORY - 1952 GOOD CGS
AW6632 HISTORY - 1968 GOOD CGS
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AW6632 STATION DESCRIPTION
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AW6632''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (FBQ)
AW6632''THIS INTERSECTION STATION IS LOCATED IN THE SW PART OF HUMBLE,
AW6632''AT THE CITY WATER WORKS, ABOUT 200 YARDS S OF STATE HIGHWAY
AW6632''35, ABOUT 50 YARDS E OF THE H.E. AND W.T. RAILROAD TRACKS
AW6632''AND ABOUT 16 YARDS N OF A SMALL RESERVIOR.
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AW6632''THE TANK AND SUPPORTING TOWER ARE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION,
AW6632''PAINTED ALUMINUM. IT WAS BUILT IN 1934 AND IS ABOUT 146
AW6632''FEET HIGH. THE POINT LOCATED WAS A STEEL BALL AT THE APEX
AW6632''OF THE CONICAL ROOF OF THE TANK.
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AW6632 STATION RECOVERY (1952)
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AW6632''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (RLE)
AW6632''THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF HUMBLE, 180
AW6632''FEET SOUTH OF STRATTI STREET AND 120 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTHERN
AW6632''PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS. IT IS A FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE
AW6632''SUPPORTING THE TANK PROPER AND HAS AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 120
AW6632''FEET. THE POINT OBSERVED UPON WAS THE BALL AT THE APEX OF
AW6632''THE ROOF.
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AW6632''PROBABLY THE SAME STATION AS LOCATED IN 1942.
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AW6632 STATION RECOVERY (1968)
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AW6632''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 (JLC)
AW6632''THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED BY R.L.E. IN 1952."

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: -blank- Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Elevated Tank County: Harris USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Maedan 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: AW6632 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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