N 11 (FB1779) Calderwood - Blount County, TN - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

A pretty tough to find benchmark disk in a boulder. Probably would not have found it without my pinpointer! The road to this benchmark closes at 3:00 PM daily!

USGS description below:

Documented History (by the NGS)

1932 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 AT CALDERWOOD. AT CALDERWOOD, ON THE MAIN ROAD, ABOUT 1700 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA, CALDERWOOD SERVICE BUILDING, ABOUT 335 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF A CONCRETE CULVERT UNDER THE MAIN ROAD, 71 FEET SOUTHEAST OF A FIRE PLUG, 17 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD, IN THE TOP OF A LARGE GRANITE BOULDER, AND ABOUT 3 FEET HIGHER THAN THE ROAD.

Designation:
D 11

Marker Type:
BENCH MARK DISK

Setting:
SET IN A BOULDER

Stability:
MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: D 11 Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Blount USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): CALDERWOOD 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: FB1779 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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