RZ1048 - USCGS GRANDE RONDE, Washington - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This triangulation station is located on the Wash. Hwy. 129 at the bridge across the Grande Ronde River. The cap is located on the bridge about 30 feet from the SW end of the bridge in the sidewalk. The cap was set by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1946 and was marked GRANDE RONDE. This is the westernmost of two marks in the bridge sidewalk marked GRANDE RONDE.
NGS PID RZ1048 - (visit link)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1946 (JTJ) THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE NEW CONCRETE GRANDE RONDE RIVER BRIDGE, ABOUT 10 MILES AIRLINE, 18 MILES BY ROAD, FROM TROY, 12.9 MILES BY ROAD FROM ANATONE, AT THE FOOT OF RATTLESNAKE GRADE. TO REACH FROM ANATONE GO SOUTH ON STATE HIGHWAY NO. 3 FOR 12.9 MILES TO CONCRETE BRIDGE ACROSS GRANDE RONDE RIVER AND STATION AS DESCRIBED. STATION IS IN THE WALKWAY OF BRIDGE, 28 FEET FROM SOUTHWEST END OF BRIDGE, 4 FEET NORTHEAST FROM NORTHWEST RAIL. DISK IS STAMPED GRANDE RONDE 1946 AND SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE CONCRETE WALKWAY OF BRIDGE. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS STAMPED GRANDE RONDE NO.1 1946 AND SET IN THE CONCRETE CURBING OF THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF BRIDGE AT SAME LEVEL AS STATION, DISK IS 10 INCHES ABOVE THE ROAD WAY OF BRIDGE. USBM GRANDE RONDE 1945 IS SET IN THE CENTER OF WALKWAY OF BRIDGE AT SAME ELEVATION AS STATION, IT IS 88 FEET FROM THE SOUTHWEST END OF BRIDGE. PICTURE POINT IS, CENTERLINE OF SOUTHERN END OF GRANDE RONDE RIVER BRIDGE. 0.249M BELOW STATION.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: GRANDE RONDE Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk County: Asotin USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Mountain View Special category (optional): Not listed 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: RZ1048 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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