Alderson, WV Benchmark
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AK-Jeff
N 37° 43.424 W 080° 38.646
17S E 531363 N 4175222
Designation: A 202
Marker Type: bench mark disk
Setting: massive structures
Stability: Probably hold position/elevation well.
Waymark Code: WM1Y1W
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2007
Views: 19
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 AT ALDERSON. AT ALDERSON, 80 YARDS SOUTHEAST ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY FROM THE STATION, 0.15 MILE EAST OF MILEPOST 336, AT THE INTERSECTION OF RAILROAD AVENUE AND WICKHAM STREET, SET VERTICALLY IN THE WEST BRICK FACE OF THE POST OFFICE, 1.6 FEET ABOVE THE SIDEWALK, 1 1/2 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BUILDING, 10 FEET EAST OF THE EAST CURB OF WICKHAM STREET, 87 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH CURB OF RAILROAD AVE.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: A 202
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Monroe County, Alderson, WV
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
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