This cute tank looms over the flat prairie landscape in this southeast Texas town.
The Liberty Municipal Tank is also NGS Benchmark BL2120.
From the Datasheet: (
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"BL2120 DESIGNATION - LIBERTY MUNICIPAL TANK
BL2120 PID - BL2120
BL2120 STATE/COUNTY- TX/LIBERTY
BL2120 USGS QUAD - LIBERTY
BL2120
BL2120 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
BL2120 ___________________________________________________________________
BL2120* NAD 83(1993)- 30 03 25.55475(N) 094 47 35.82979(W) ADJUSTED
BL2120
BL2120_MARKER: 53 = ELEVATED TANK
BL2120
BL2120 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
BL2120 HISTORY - 1951 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
BL2120 HISTORY - 1985 GOOD USPSQD
BL2120 HISTORY - 19950909 GOOD USPSQD
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BL2120 STATION DESCRIPTION
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BL2120''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1951 (RLE)
BL2120''THE STATION IS LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHEAST EDGE OF LIBERTY.
BL2120''IT IS 120.0 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF U.S. HIGHWAY 90.
BL2120''IT IS A 4 LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE SUPPORTING THE TANK PROPER.
BL2120''THE OVERALL HEIGHT IS ABOUT 135.0 FEET. IT HAS A CONICAL
BL2120''SHAPED ROOF WITH A BALL AT THE APEX.
BL2120''
BL2120''THE BALL AT THE APEX OF THE TANK ROOF WAS OBSERVED.
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BL2120 STATION RECOVERY (1985)
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BL2120''RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1985 (EJB)
BL2120''STATION FOUND GOOD.
BL2120''
BL2120''WATER TANK STILL STANDING. APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION.
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BL2120 STATION RECOVERY (1995)
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BL2120''RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1995
BL2120''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."