PIER 3 - Fort Steele, BC
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 49° 36.014 W 115° 40.171
11U E 596138 N 5495035
Along the north side of Highway 95 about 3 kilometres southwest of Fort Steele is a line of concrete pillars, Pier 1 to Pier 5, from east to west. The line of pillars is exactly 1,000 metres long.
Waymark Code: WMVQKR
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 05/18/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member PeterNoG
Views: 1

This is Pier 3, the middle one of the five. All are very easy to see from the highway and all are within sight of each other. Mounted on the south side of this pillar, about a foot above ground, is a bolt, 99C041, looking much like a bronze spigot. We've seen one other like this, on a similar pillar at the Golden Airport.

Name		Province		NTS map sheet	Unique Number
PIER 3		British Columbia	082G12		89HP3C
Fort Steele
Concrete pillar (cbn pillar) with force centering plate along highway no. 93-95, 3.8 km southwest of junction with road to Fort Steele heritage park, 3.5 km northeast of junction with highway no. 3-93, 23.1 m northwest of centre line of highway, elevation taken on top at centre of main circular plate anchored on top of pillar. (side bolt 99c041 in southeast side of pillar, 0.8 m below top.) note: station is pier no.3 of the Cranbrook edm calibration baseline. Forced centering bolts for piers are in the custody of the regional district of east Kootenay, office on 24th avenue south, Cranbrook.
From NRCAN
Unique Designation: 89HP3C

Marker Type: Concrete/Metal Post

Condition: Good

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