EB1602 CAR WASH NCGS
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NCDaywalker
N 34° 48.372 W 079° 32.558
17S E 633304 N 3852519
This benchmark is located at the edge of a carwash at a convenience store off Interstate 74/US Hwy 74 in Laurel Hill, NC.
Waymark Code: WM8198
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/08/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 4

Documented History (by the NGS)
1/1/1978 by NCGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1978 (ACD) THE STATION IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY IN SOUTHEAST SECTION OF LAUREL HILLS. TO REACH STATION FROM INTERSECTION OF US 74 WITH SR 1148 AND SR 1001 NORTH IN LAUREL HILL, PROCEED SOUTHEAST ALONG US 74 TO STATION ON LEFT AND ON PROLONGATION OF SOUTHEAST WALL OF A BOX CAR WASH BUILDING AT LAUREL HILL TEXACO STATION. STATION MARK IS A STANDARD DISK STAMPED---CAR WASH 1978---SET IN TOP OF A 9 INCH CONCRETE MONUMENT, WHICH IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND SURFACE. THE MARK IS 38.1 FEET NORTHEAST OF CENTERLINE OF WEST BOUND LANE, 75.7 FEET SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHEAST CORNER OF A CAR WASH, 64.6 FEET SOUTH OF BASE OF METAL DOUBLE LIGHT SUPPORT, 82.6 FEET SOUTHEAST OF CENTER OF EASTERNMOST DRIVE TO TEXACO AND 35.2 FEET NORTHWEST OF AN 8 INCH WOODEN GATE POST WITH REFERENCE TAG.
1/1/1978 by NCGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1978 IN LAUREL HILL. 0.3 MILE SOUTHEAST ALONG U.S. 74 FROM INTERSECTION WITH SR 1001 AND SR 1148 IN LAUREL HILL, ON NORTH SIDE OF WESTBOUND LANE, ON PROLONGATION OF SOUTHEAST WALL OF A 4 BAY CAR WASH BUILDING AT LAUREL HILL TEXACO STATION, 38.1 FEET NORTHEAST OF CENTERLINE WESTBOUND LANE, 64.6 FEET SOUTH OF BASE OF METAL SUPPORT POST FOR DOUBLE LIGHT, 75.7 FEET SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CAR WASH, 82.6 FEET SOUTHEAST OF CENTERLINE OF EASTERNMOST DRIVE TO TEXACO AND 35.2 FEET NORTHWEST OF 8 INCH WOODEN GATE POST WITH REFERENCE TAG.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: CAR WASH NCGS

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): NCGS

Monumentation type: TRAVERSE STATION Disk

County: Scotland

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Gibson

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: EB1602

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

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