NGS Benchmark SS1447 Great Falls MT
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ZenPanda
N 47° 27.912 W 111° 16.250
12T E 479589 N 5256897
Large standpipe tank in the local cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM1A1Y
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Black Dog Trackers
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1/1/1949 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1949 (MJT) STATION IS LOCATED IN THE HIGHLAND CEMETERY WHICH IS ABOUT 5-1/2 MILES SOUTH OF THE GREAT FALLS POST OFFICE. IT IS A LARGE, ROUND, STEEL STRUCTURE PAINTED SILVER AND IS 50.0 FEET HIGH. THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WAS THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE FLAT TOP.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: None

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Standpipe Tank

County: Cascade

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): SW Great Falls

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

NGS PID: http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=SS1447

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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