MO1260 Third Street Church -- Laramie WY
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
N 41° 18.731 W 105° 35.593
13T E 450345 N 4573583
The St. Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral is NGS Benchmark MO1260
Waymark Code: WMXT19
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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The steeple at the elegant Gothic St. Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral is NGS benchmark MO1260.

The cathedral is located along Grand Avenue at S Third Street in downtown Laramie WY.

From the NGS Datasheet: (visit link)

"MO1260 DESIGNATION - LARAMIE THIRD STREET CHURCH
MO1260 PID - MO1260
MO1260 STATE/COUNTY- WY/ALBANY
MO1260 USGS QUAD - LARAMIE (1978)
MO1260
MO1260 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
MO1260 __________________________________________________________________
MO1260* NAD 83(1993)- 41 18 43.70467(N) 105 35 35.32574(W) ADJUSTED
__________________________________________________________________
MO1260
MO1260 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
MO1260 HISTORY - 1933 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
MO1260 HISTORY - 1948 GOOD CGS
MO1260 HISTORY - 1958 GOOD CGS
MO1260 HISTORY - 19920830 GOOD USPSQD
MO1260
MO1260 STATION DESCRIPTION
MO1260
MO1260''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1948 (DHK)
MO1260''STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF THE CROSS ON TOP OF A
MO1260''STONE MASONERY STEEPLE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON 3RD STREET
MO1260''IN LARAMIE. THE CHURCH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET
MO1260''ACROSS FROM THE POST OFFICE.
MO1260
MO1260 STATION RECOVERY (1958)
MO1260
MO1260''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (LFV)
MO1260''INTERSECTION STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED BY D.H.K. IN 1948
MO1260''RECOVERY NOTE.
MO1260
MO1260 STATION RECOVERY (1992)
MO1260
MO1260''RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1992 (TLT)
MO1260''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Church Spire

County: Albany Co. WY

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Laramie

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: MO1260

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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