TABOR RM 2 - Tabor City, NC
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
N 34° 08.457 W 078° 52.940
17S E 695254 N 3779810
Reference Mark #2 for Triangulation Station TABOR (NGS PID EB0472) just inside the NC border.
Waymark Code: WMG86W
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/27/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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This reference mark was found using the 1942 esdcription from the NGS datasheet - highway is Green Sea RD (NC Route 410). Disk is almost impossible to read.


Details from NGS datasheet are as follows:


01/01/1933 by CGS (MONUMENTED)


01/01/1962 by NGS (GOOD)

DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1962 0.6 MI SW FROM TABOR CITY. ABOUT 0.15 MILE SOUTH ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD FROM THE STATION AT TABOR CITY, THENCE 0.5 MILE SOUTHWEST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 410, 32 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE HIGHWAY, 89.3 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE STATION MARK, 2.5 FEET SOUTHWEST OF POWER POLE NO. 1235, 7 FEET NORTHEAST OF A IRON POLE SUPPORTING A HISTORICAL MARKER PLAQUE, ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE HIGHWAY, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 5 INCHES.



01/01/1974 by NGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1974 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.



01/01/1979 by NGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1979 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
Condition: Mark found in poor condition

Designation: TABOR RM 2

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk

County: Columbus County, NC

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Tabor City West - NC/SC

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: EB0471

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

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