EB2572 RED SPRINGS ROBBINS MILLS TANK, Red Springs, NC - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This was once a facility that ran seven days a week, 24 hours per day. The surrounding community was a vibrant collection of lives that depended on the US textile industry for its livelihood. Now the rusting hulk of the water tower is imprisoned behind locked fences as evidence of a thriving community and industry.
Documented History (by the NGS)
1/1/1949 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1949 (LWS) STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF RED SPRINGS ABOUT 0.2 MILE EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 71 AND 0.1 MILE SOUTH OF A PAVED STREET. IT IS ABOUT 100 FEET HIGH, OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION, PAINTED SILVER AND HAS FOUR LEGS. POINT OF INTERSECTION WAS THE CENTER OF BALL ON TOP.
4/26/1997 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1997 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
2/7/1998 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1998 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: RED SPRINGS ROBBINS MILLS TAN Benchmark Agency: other (not included below) Benchmark Agency (if other): COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY Monumentation type: Elevated Tank County: Robeson, NC USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Red Springs 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: EB2572 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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