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|  BM0582 - "NORTH MERIDIAN" bolt - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is one of two easily identifiable stations located on the eastern part of the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2015 last visited: 04/15/2018 |
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|  BM0628 - "P 201" bench mark disk - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is located by on the north entrance of the Dewitt C. Greer State Highway on 11th St. in downtown Austin, Texas -- right by the entrance door, on the west-most edge of the doorway. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2015 last visited: 12/19/2015 |
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|  BM0627 - "AUSTIN LONGITUDE STA" triangulation station disk - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is one of two easily identifiable stations located on the eastern part of the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2015 last visited: 04/15/2018 |
view gallery NW1.6 km
|  BM0901 - AUSTIN CAP DOME LIBERTY STAR - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks The gilded 5-pointed star held by the famous "Goddess of Liberty" statue located on top of the State Capitol in Austin, Texas is a NGS benchmark ("BM0901")... and, interestingly enough, so is the statue's base ("BM0900")! posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 09/27/2014 last visited: 06/18/2023 |
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|  BM0900 - AUSTIN CAP DOME LIBERTY BASE - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks The base of the famous "Goddess of Liberty" statue located on top of the State Capitol in Austin, Texas is a NGS benchmark ("BM0900")... and, interestingly enough, so is the gilded 5-pointed star in her left hand ("BM0901")! posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 09/27/2014 last visited: 06/18/2023 |
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|  James Garon and Assoc. 1994 C-B - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks This disk is in the concrete sidewalk north of the North Pedestrian Gate on the grounds of Texas State Capitol. posted by: QuesterMark location: Texas date approved: 03/05/2009 last visited: 08/17/2014 |
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|  BM0580 - "502.23 USGS=502.1=508" bench mark disk - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is located by on the side of a building by the NE corner of Colorado St. and 6th St. ("Old Pecan St.") in downtown Austin, Texas. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2015 last visited: 08/28/2016 |
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|  BM0583 - "X 804" bench mark disk - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is located on the guard rail about 15' east of the NW corner of the San Jacinto Blvd. stone bridge crossing over Waller Creek in Austin, TX. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 09/29/2014 last visited: 08/15/2014 |
view gallery W1.8 km
|  BM0629 - "N 201" bench mark disk - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is located by on the south entrance of the old Post Office building on 6th St. ("Old Pecan St.") in downtown Austin, Texas. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2015 last visited: 12/19/2015 |
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|  BM0889 - AUSTIN U TEX MAIN PWR PLT STK - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks The center point of the University of Texas at Austin's Carl J. Eckhardt Heating & Power Complex (formerly the Hal C. Weaver Power Plant) stack, built in 1927, is a NGS benchmark. It can be easily spotted throughout the university's campus. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 02/10/2015 last visited: 07/06/2019 |
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|  AG9976 - UNIV OF TEXAS TOWER SEC - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks The center point of the University of Texas at Austin's main tower roof is a NGS benchmark ("AG9976")... and so is a more "standard" horizontal control disk just a few feet away by the tower's limited-access observation deck ("BM1132"). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 09/28/2014 last visited: 11/21/2018 |
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|  BM0626 - "U TEXAS AZ MK" azimuth mark - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is located on the sidewalk at the SE corner of W 24th St and Whitis Ave at the edge of the University of Texas campus in Austin, TX. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 11/27/2014 last visited: 03/31/2009 |
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|  BM0883 - MUELLER MUN APT CONTROL TOWER - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks The control tower of the former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport in Austin, Texas is a NGS benchmark ("BM0883"). While the old airport no longer exists, its control tower still stands to this day. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/28/2015 last visited: 09/14/2021 |
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|  BM0585 - "Y 1222" bench mark disk - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is located within Zilker Park -- on the southern edge of the limestone outcrop known as "Rock Island" -- in Austin, Texas. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/18/2015 last visited: 04/15/2023 |
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|  BM0586 - "N 804" bench mark disk - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is located by Zilker Park -- on the southern edge of Barton Springs Road and just west of Stratford Drive -- in Austin, Texas. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/18/2015 last visited: 08/16/2014 |
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|  BM0893 - AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL DOME - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks The smaller octagonal dome (on top of yet another larger octagonal dome) on the roof of the Austin State Hospital Administration Building in Austin, Texas is a NGS benchmark ("BM0893"). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 09/29/2014 last visited: 08/29/2016 |
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|  AC6348 - "B 1518" vertical control mark - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is located on the sidewalk at the SW corner of the W 34th St bridge over Shoal Creek and west of Shoal Creek Blvd in Austin, TX. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 09/29/2014 last visited: 08/15/2014 |
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|  BM0919 - AUSTIN ST ED UNIV BLDG SPIRE - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks The base of the cross located on the spire on top of St. Edwards University's Main Building in Austin, Texas is a NGS benchmark ("BM0919")... and, interestingly enough, so is another cross just 250 feet west of here ("BM0918"). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 02/11/2015 last visited: 12/18/2015 |
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|  BM0918 - AUSTIN ST ED UNIV HO CROSS CUP - Austin, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks The base of the cross located on the cupola on top of St. Edwards University's Holy Cross Hall in Austin, Texas is a NGS benchmark ("BM0918")... and, interestingly enough, so is another cross just 250 feet east of here ("BM0919"). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 02/11/2015 last visited: 12/18/2015 |
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|  Sometimes Island, Windy Point, Lake Travis, Austin TX (unnumbered)
in U.S. Benchmarks Unnumbered benchmark on Sometimes Island, off Windy Point on Lake Travis, Austin, TX
posted by: BlazerDiver location: Texas date approved: 09/12/2009 last visited: 05/19/2012 |
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|  Boundary Marker - 1989 Retracement - Buda, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks Bronze boundary marker for Town of Buda observed in sidewalk at corner of Ash and Main Streets. posted by: vhasler location: Texas date approved: 04/27/2014 last visited: never |
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|  AG9968 Richland Ch Spire SEC -- St John Richland Church, Pflugerville TX
in U.S. Benchmarks An intersection station identified by the US Geological Survey on the spire of St John Richland Church outside of Pflugerville TX posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 12/03/2016 last visited: 11/26/2016 |
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|  AG9970 - ROUND ROCK WT SEC - Round Rock, TX
in U.S. Benchmarks The ball at the apex of the roof of the 1954 water tank in the historic downtown district of Round Rock, TX is a NGS benchmark ("AG9970"). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/20/2017 last visited: 09/11/2022 |
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|  US Geologic Survey Marker - Upper Brushy Creek Dam #12
in U.S. Benchmarks US Geologic Survey Marker Disc set in a concrete 'curb' next to the Monitor Station; Upper Brushy Creek Dam #12 posted by: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 11/30/2014 last visited: 11/30/2014 |
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|  City of Round Rock, unnumbered
in U.S. Benchmarks An unnumbered reference mark from the City of Round Rock, placed atop a storm drain between the sidewalk and street. posted by: garyva location: Texas date approved: 07/13/2007 last visited: never |
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