AX2661 Whittmer Rice Elevator -- Eagle Lake TX - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

The Whittmer Rice Elevator (now own my the Wintermanns) is an NGS benchmark in Eagle Lake TX.

From the NGS Datasheet: (visit link)

"AX2661 DESIGNATION - WHITTMER RICE ELEVATOR
AX2661 PID - AX2661
AX2661 STATE/COUNTY- TX/COLORADO
AX2661 USGS QUAD - EAGLE LAKE (1983)
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AX2661 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
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AX2661* NAD 83(1993)- 29 35 08.09417(N) 096 19 28.16562(W) ADJUSTED
AX2661* NAVD 88 -
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AX2661_MARKER: 65 = GRAIN ELEVATOR
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AX2661 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
AX2661 HISTORY - 1943 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
AX2661 HISTORY - 1957 GOOD CGS
AX2661 HISTORY - 1960 GOOD CGS
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AX2661 STATION DESCRIPTION
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AX2661''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 (PLB)
AX2661''THIS INTERSECTION STATION IS A RICE ELEVATOR OWNED BY DAVIS
AX2661''WHITTMER LOCATED ABOUT 1 MILE SW OF THE TOWN OF EAGLE LAKE
AX2661''W OF RAILROAD TRACKS AND N OF SANTA FE RAILROAD SECTION HOUSE.
AX2661''IT IS ABOUT 120 FEET HIGH AND PAINTED GREY. THE POINT OBSERVED
AX2661''UPON WAS THE TOP OF THE ELEVATOR SHAFT.
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AX2661 STATION RECOVERY (1957)
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AX2661''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1957 (LFV)
AX2661''INTERSECTION STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED EXCEPT FOR THE
AX2661''FOLLOWING. GRAIN ELEVATOR IS NOW OWNED BY THE LAKESIDE
AX2661''ELEVATOR AND GRAIN COMPANY.
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AX2661 STATION RECOVERY (1960)
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AX2661''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 (RPS)
AX2661''APPROXIMATELY THE UPPER 1/3 OF THIS BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN
AX2661''AND REBUILT 1955. THE DESCRIPTION IS IN ERROR. THIS BUILDING
AX2661''IS OWNED BY DAVID WINTERMANN, AND IS KNOWN AS THE EAGLE LAKE
AX2661''RICE MILLING CO. ELEVATOR BUILDING WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE E
AX2661''EDGE OF THE TOWN OF EAGLE LAKE, NW AND IN THE Y OF DAR. JCT.
AX2661''IT IS ABOUT 135 FEET HIGH. THE POINT OBSERVED WAS THE TOP
AX2661''OF THE ELEVATOR SHAFT."

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: -blank- Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: other (not any of the below) Monumentation type (if other): Grain Elevator County: Colorado Co. TX USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Eagle Lake 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: AX2661 Benchmark Agency (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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