Davenport SW Water Tank - Davenport, WA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 47° 38.955 W 118° 09.404
11T E 413130 N 5277965
Davenport has two water towers, this, the older of the two, is on the south side of town, on Washington Street a block east of 12th Street (Highway 28). Both water towers are also U.S. benchmarks.
Waymark Code: WMZZK4
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 01/28/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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The style of the tower tells us that this is the older one. This tower is located in the southwest corner of the city, while the newer one is near the northeast corner, indicating that both remain in use. While the style of this tower indicates an early date of construction, research confirms that it was erected in 1909. The other water tower, with more contemporary styling, was built in the mid 1950s. Now serving triple duty, in recent years the newer tower has also been recruited as a cell tower while this one has not.

As is the case with the other water tank in Davenport, not a lot of description is given on the datasheet concerning when the water tank was first observed, or anything else, for that matter.
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESIGNATION -  DAVENPORT SW WATER TANK
PID         -  SW1141
STATE/COUNTY-  WA/LINCOLN
COUNTRY     -  US
USGS QUAD   -  DAVENPORT (1992)
 
MARKER: 53 = ELEVATED TANK

HISTORY     - Date     Condition        Report By
HISTORY     - UNK      FIRST OBSERVED

              STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED UNK
RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.
From the NGS Datasheet
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: Davenport SW Water Tank

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Standpipe Tank

County: LINCOLN

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): DAVENPORT

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: SW1141

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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