N872, AE0348, Pharr, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 8Nuts MotherGoose
N 26° 11.712 W 098° 11.067
14R E 581484 N 2897557
Where the RR Depot used to be.
Waymark Code: WM9B2Z
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
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RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1981 IN PHARR, AT THE SITE OF THE OLD RAILROAD STATION, SET IN THE TOP AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A 26 X 26 INCH CONCRETE SEMAPHORE BASE PROJECTION 12 INCHES, 23.2 METERS (76.0 FT) NORTH OF THE CENTER OF HIGHWAY 83 BUSINESS, 46.9 METERS (154.0 FT) WEST OF THE CENTER OF CAGE BOULEVARD, 2.7 METERS (9.0 FT) NORTH OF THE NORTH RAIL OF THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD MAIN TRACK. THE MARK IS 0.4 M ABOVE GROUND.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: N872

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Benchmark Agency (if other): n/a

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

Monumentation type (if other): n/a

County: Hidalgo

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Pharr

Special Category (if other): n/a

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: AE0348

Special category (optional): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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