ROME- A Benchmark Elevation Disk in Wall at Municpal Buliding in Rome, Georgia
Posted by: Sprinterman
N 34° 15.399 W 085° 10.117
16S E 668624 N 3792130
An elevation benchmark with no elevation stamped on it.
Waymark Code: WM2P16
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2007
Views: 86
This is a very interesting benchmark since it is an elevation type benchmark which many courthouses and city halls have in this part of the country but on this one the elevation is blank.
1/1/1933 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
1/1/1972 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1972 AT ROME. AT ROME, ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 53 (BROAD STREET, AT THE ROME MUNICIPAL BUILDING, IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE INTERSECTION OF BROAD STREET AND SIXTH AVENUE, 38 1/2 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH CURB OF BROAD STREET, 112 FEET EAST OF THE EAST CURB OF SIXTH AVENUE, SET VERTICALLY IN THE SOUTH FACE OF THE SOUTH GRANITE WALL, AT THE WEST END OF THE STEPS LEADING TO THE SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING, 25.5 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE MARBLE BASE FOR THE STATUE OF THE CAPITOLINE WOLF WHICH IS LOCATED DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF THE SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING, ABOUT 5 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF BROAD STREET AND 2.7 FEET ABOVE THE SIDEWALK.
The data sheet with this marker indicates that repeated measurement of the elevation of this mark shows vertical movement. Perhaps that is why the elevation was not recorded on the disk.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: ROME
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Rome, Floyd County, Georgia
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Rome City Hall, USGS Rome North (GA)
Special category (optional): Not listed
Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: EE0541
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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