CD2186(SUGAR AZ MK) - East Union Twp Wayne County OH
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member shorbird
N 40° 47.736 W 081° 48.418
17T E 431923 N 4516380
This is the azimuth mark for USC&GS triangulation station SUGAR, in East Union Township, Wayne County.
Waymark Code: WMN1WQ
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 12/09/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 2

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (WER) THE STATION IS ABOUT 7.5 MILES EAST OF WOOSTER, 3.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORRVILLE AND ON THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY OF U.S. HIGHWAY 30. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAYS 30 AND 250 AND STATE HIGHWAY 76 IN THE CENTER OF WOOSTER, GO EAST ON HIGHWAY 30 FOR 6.7 MILES TO A RAILROAD OVERPASS. CONTINUE EAST ON HIGHWAY 30 FOR 0.35 MILE TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY OF THE HIGHWAY. CONTINUE EAST ON HIGHWAY 30 FOR 0.75 MILE TO A MOTEL AND THE STATION ON THE RIGHT. STATION MARKS ARE STANDARD DISKS STAMPED SUGAR 1959. THE SURFACE DISK IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS 38.5 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE SOUTH LANE OF HIGHWAY 30, 11.5 FEET NORTH OF AN EAST-WEST FENCE LINE, 18.5 FEET NORTHWEST OF A TELEPHONE POLE AND 11.2 FEET NORTH OF A STANDARD METAL WITNESS POST. THE UNDERGROUND DISK IS SET IN AN IRREGULAR MASS OF CONCRETE 30 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED SUGAR NO 1 1959, IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS 37 FEET EAST OF THE TELEPHONE POLE, 49 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE SOUTH LANE OF HIGHWAY 30, 18 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE DRIVEWAY LEADING TO THE MOTEL AND 2 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE EAST OF THE EAST-WEST FENCE LINE. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED SUGAR NO 2 1959, IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS 49.5 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE SOUTH LANE OF HIGHWAY 30, 46 FEET EAST OF A TELEPHONE POLE AND 1 FOOT NORTH OF THE EAST-WEST FENCE LINE. AZIMUTH MARK, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED SUGAR 1959, IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 5 INCHES. IT IS 41.5 FEET NORTH OF THE PAINTED CENTER LINE OF THE NORTH LANE OF HIGHWAY 30, 13.7 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A POWERLINE POLE WITH A TRANSFORMER, 14 FEET WEST OF A GUY WIRE ANCHOR FOR THE POWERLINE POLE AND 1 FOOT SOUTH OF AN EAST-WEST FENCE LINE. A STANDARD METAL WITNESS POST WAS SET 1.8 FEET WEST OF THE MARK.
Azimuth Condition: Good

Your Directions:
From the intersection of Liberty Street and Market Street in Wooster, go east for 0.25 mile on Liberty Street to a fork. Take the right fork and go east for 7.0 miles on Pittsburgh Avenue, which becomes Lincoln Way East, to the azimuth mark on the left in front of Eagle Truck & Trailer Repair. The mark is 16 feet southwest of power pole 809-183.


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