T 48 - Lewistown, MT
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 47° 04.050 W 109° 25.278
12T E 619868 N 5213874
Abandoned when this benchmark was monumented, this old Milwaukee Road depot is abandoned no more.
Waymark Code: WMWGHV
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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The station has been restored, rebuilt and repurposed and is now the Yogo Inn Hotel, Restaurant, Lounge and Casino, which bills itself as Central Montana's "finest hotel and convention centre". This benchmark, apparently monumented in 1933, is in the top one of two concrete steps outside the second entrance southeast of the northwest (front) end of the building, on the northeast side of the building.

Though coated with about 150 coats of paint over the years, the designation "T 48" is legible if one looks closely enough.

STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961

DESIGNATION -  T 48
PID         -  SR0344
STATE/COUNTY-  MT/FERGUS
COUNTRY     -  US
USGS QUAD   -  LEWISTOWN (1985)
ABOUT 0.3 MILE EAST ALONG THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY FROM THE STATION AT LEWISTOWN, IN SECTION 15, T 15 N, R 18 E, AT THE ABANDONED CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD STATION, SET IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE TOP CONCRETE STEP AT THE SECOND ENTRANCE DOOR FROM THE NORTHWEST END OF THE ABANDONED STATION AND ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE ABANDONED STATION, 30 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWEST RAIL, 1 1/2 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST EDGE OF THE DOOR AT THE ENTRANCE, 0.7 FOOT NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST FACE OF THE BUILDING, AND ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE TRACK.
From the NGS Datasheet
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: T 48

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

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

County: Fergus

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Lewistown

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: SR0344

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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